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Papi Sees

October 6, 2010
By Terell BRONZE, Jacksonville, Florida
Terell BRONZE, Jacksonville, Florida
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Your sheep costume has a hole,
And I want to drink
the Oxycotton
That seeps out.
I can trade you my band-aid
For Ritalin.
I would like to write with that instead.

I want you to sing that lullaby.
The one with dancing polka dots
And Zoloft.
I can’t let that one escape.
Because I almost saw Charon
That time.

I can promise I’m not Vicodin,
But I was Moses’ Burning Bush.
Tonight, God’s voice is dipped
In Opium,
And I’ll be out of Hell
In six months.

The author's comments:
When I first sat down to actually write this piece, I didn't know what I'd expected it to be or what I had planned for it to be. After a process of cruel revisions, I came to what is being submitted now. This is simply a poem about the effects that drugs can have on people and how casually and lightly the after effects are taken.

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