"Did you see that scumbag on the t.v. last night? He thinks he's so smart and safe behind all those bodyguards, but I've found a crack in his armor and the crack is big enough for me to slip through to fame. You'll be proud of me Jodie… Don't you think our names sing so beautifully together? I've spent entire nights writing them in the blackness with silver bolts of lightning."

Hinckley was eventually consigned to a mental hospital, diagnosed with psychosis, major depression and narcissistic personality disorder. The first two are entirely treatable. It's been suggested by some, including Reagan's daughter Patti Davis, that solid research says the latter cannot be entirely eradicated. That Hinckley is permanently disturbed.

"I'll kill those men you talk to though. They're all pimps. I've checked them out in the computer. Stay away from them Jodie. This is my last warning."

John Hinckley was recently recommended for unsupervised day-releases from his mental hospital. To visit his parents.

"My fist keeps you down
Knuckles cross over yr eyes
You feel it? Me I tear skirt
Falls - thighs paste across
The dash - My fist
See!"

John Hinckley, Sr., father of the assassin, is evidently the owner of Vanderbilt Oil and, it's said, was for years a neighbor of George Bush, and a regular financial contributor to his campaigns. Bush was, of course, Vice President to Ronald Reagan and would have taken control of America had Reagan died from the bullet.

"I fit yr body, 'just a kid'
tight till you squirm
all around it. Hot and wet with
juice and tears, crying under
me"

Warren Ellis
Southend, England
September 9, 2000