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opiod

by Angela Thomas

there's nothing left but pain and a body
that used to house memories and laughter,
friends and parties. i applied an opiod
patch to her skin, latex green fingers

sticking to the medication coated
plastic in the process, careful not
to touch it myself. side effect: death.
then i handed her a different kind

of shot glass. one with a little white
pill that's seven times the strength
of morphine, so powerful many
pharmacies refuse to carry it. nothing

left to do, but let it ride, enjoy the ride,
put down control and let god in. time to go.

03/15/2010

Posted on 03/16/2010
Copyright © 2024 Angela Thomas

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/16/10 at 07:10 PM

Just awesome. The visuals in those first two stanzas are wonderfully captured.

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