Stella in a five hundred ml can
Carling in a glass
experimental Chinese hallucinogens
you have to stick up your arse
cheap Tawny hidden in sight in a paper bag
schedule eight pills from the medicine chest
Mothers little helpers indeed
cause sometimes Mum knows best
government issued Dexedrine
coffee hot and strong
a chilled out zooming is looming
to the beat of a favourite song
a little weed to take the edge off
then some more to ride the high
an oxy or two to enhance the blue
and then maybe another to fly
a coupla prescription sleeping pills
to chase away any remains of today
sleep itself may or may not come
that’s just a part of the game that i play
i thank every single lucky star there is
that i never got on the crack...
the alarming amount of fentanyl about
is the only thing keeping me off the smack
things to sniff or eat or drink
things to smoke chew or pop
of course i know it’s bad for me
but i don’t want to stop
i'm drugged up enough to keep myself silly
a reckless hobby that i chose to choose
i don’t have a substance abuse problem
not while there are substances to abuse
About the Creator
Bren
"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa
"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend
Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler
Comments (4)
Like a danger list, a selection of reckless activities to endanger.
You really know how to write about the heavier things in life, especially drugs. Opening this with alcohol and slowly ramping up to everything under the sun was a very poetic choice. Wonderful writing.
Bro, I've seen that world, and still live the effects of it today. Cocaine was the one for me. I can't have a beer now without wanting a 48 hour bender draining my bank account of all money. When it becomes our chosen escape, it also becomes our prison... quite literally where I'm concerned.
I love that you will write about anything. That the ugly is not off limits. This was incredibly disturbing and sad yet your wording was on point. Great piece of writing :)