Isn't there some section in the grocery store for nuts?

Well, I'm not certain regarding the inspiration on this one (25 years back), but lots of nutty people do just fine in general society, and then they come to the hospital. I don't remember for sure, but I do know I had fun writing it. It has a pretty good 3-line rhyme.

A Special Kind of Ism

She went into the clinic
For elective surgery
To regulate the flow of her ureters,
It was a simple operation
That had never been performed
To implant some tiny microscopic meters,
See, she had a fascination
You might call it an obsession
For the inner workings of her organism,
She had made it her career
More precisely her crusade
Yes, specifically her special kind of ism,
She calls herself a mystic
Her return, a tidy profit
As she leads a modest crowd of imbeciles,
As a faithful testimonial
They visit doctors frequently
And take a million different kind of pills.

Upon awakening from surgery
She had a bold new vision
It involved uniting people on this planet,
So she called a special meeting
With a couple close advisers
Two old friends, whose names are Sven and Janet,
Now, the couple I just mentioned
Were consultants in brave ventures
Their reputation went before them, broadly speaking,
They had recently returned
From a trip out in the ozone
To discover why the atmosphere was leaking,
But that’s another story
That deserves a later telling
Let’s review the facts before us on the table,
It would be easy to identify
This woman as a nutcase
But as professionals, it’s best if we don’t label.

Now, with surgery behind her
More specifically below her
She relished the attention she was getting,
Her followers convinced
That their leader was a Goddess
Divine rapture and ascension, they were betting,
In cases such as this
When we cater to the weirdo’s
We don’t treat them any differently than others,
Because we follow a basic tenet
That our bottom line is care
We treat everyone as though they were our Mother,
And, so spirited was she
That she blessed in groups of three
And cast a good vibration in the air,
Now all who come in through our doors
Will walk upon our blessed floors
And will bear witness to a special kind of care.