Rx: Research
A Poem
Sep 21, 2021
Rx: Research
Have I been buried alive
By chronic pain?
I can taste the dirt
As they put me in the earth,
Thick on my lips
Like the honey that drips
From doctor's lips.
Try this one,
They say.
There are no side effects,
They lie.
I swallow them whole.
When you’re starved
For a moment of relief,
You’ll eat their poison
By the mouth full,
No questions
Until the digestion
Leads to new problems.
