Joyce Chelmo - i’d make a lousy addict

i got carried away
cleaning winter dust
out of my front porch
& threw my back out

he says “don’t get
addicted to those pills”

fat chance
all I need is another
addiction i can’t afford
besides i think i’m the only
person in the world
who hates being high

my head feels twice as big
with half the common sense
reminds me of the hangovers
i had in my 20's

last night i wrote the worst
poems i’ve written in years
have to wonder how anyone
does this under the influence

i’m not sure which is worse
the pain in my back or the cure
even though i only took half
as much as suggested on the bottle

my energy’s zapped
& my tongue feels like
i’ve been licking powdered alum

just woke up
feel like i haven’t slept in days
& i think i actually drooled
in my sleep

Joyce Chelmo

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