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What I hate about these opiates
is that they make the most mediocre of days
seem alright.
numb always so numb
numb on numb
day after day after numb day
numb body rubs hard on another numb body
through the numb night
they make numb love
then
fall into numb love.
getting clean is waking up in your bed
the whole house is consumed in flames
and you must run out of it with no shoes
over the shattered glass, the melted plastic carpet
the burning linoleum
through a doorway with flames dripping on your back like heavy rain
then, after you watch the firefighters put out the flames of a weak foundation left
you stand shivering in bloody and burned pajamas
suddenly everyone is gone
and alone you realize you must go make a new life now
sober.
© Edward Storm
is that they make the most mediocre of days
seem alright.
numb always so numb
numb on numb
day after day after numb day
numb body rubs hard on another numb body
through the numb night
they make numb love
then
fall into numb love.
getting clean is waking up in your bed
the whole house is consumed in flames
and you must run out of it with no shoes
over the shattered glass, the melted plastic carpet
the burning linoleum
through a doorway with flames dripping on your back like heavy rain
then, after you watch the firefighters put out the flames of a weak foundation left
you stand shivering in bloody and burned pajamas
suddenly everyone is gone
and alone you realize you must go make a new life now
sober.
© Edward Storm
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