what the therapists preach
when one walks through these
Heaven sent doors
you want to keep the worms out child
then learn to handle this compromise
at least for the first year

no solitary confinement
that’d bring on stinking thinking
just 12 steps to contemplate
where you went wrong
no former sex partners
still playing at the unlicensed pharmacy
easily leading you back
to that school of enriched self abuse

cause the big hairy world’s
waiting out there to get you
all too happy to wipe dirty
six weeks of professional advice
want to keep that funky chicken
locked in the hen house
then listen to these words from the wise

meetings - meditation - masturbation
a new philosophy to keep you on thick ice
and though your toes may be itching
to make that big score
if you haven't already noticed
chemical dependency now runs
perpendicular to the norm

the three m’s of recovery
that’s all you need to know
think of them as
name - rank - serial number

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