Essay 5: Visiting hours in a mental hospital

It was visiting hours at the mental hospital. All the other cells would be empty for an hour.

He sat in his cell, staring unblinkingly at the yellow light. Waiting.

He had been brought in many years ago, declared mentally insane, a successful plot carefully executed.

He went mad waiting for somebody to come and listen to his side of the story. Nobody came. He sat alone in his cell during visiting hours. Stark mad. Waiting.