They say heroin feels like pure love.
How can any of us compete with that?

           He says we shouldn't compete for that.
           He bikes to N.A. meetings to pick up chicks.

We bike to the hatchery to pick up chicks.
Pain flays a body needing fresh stitches.

           Leg flesh flayed, he can't afford fresh stitches.
           He says heroin is a reasonable solution.

When is a drug a reasonable solution?
Sometimes we need a drug to be

           okay. Sometimes we use a drug to be.
           Sertraline, buspirone, clonazepam.

Venlafaxine, bupropion, lorazepam.
They say heroin feels like pure love.


Note: The duplex is a poetry form invented by Jericho Brown

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