Fentanyl

I saw a women

Yesterday

Running naked

Across a hotel balcony

High as a kite

She was

Or

Seemed to be

I don’t think Fentanyl

Was to blame

But

She was on something!

Drugs are everywhere

These days

And

Fentanyl

Or

As it’s known on the street

China White

Is

Fast becoming

An epidemic!  

Like Tetanus

Hidden within

The

Poison dart

Rust covered nail

That scratches you

Fentanyl is hidden

Within street smack!

Brown Dope

Now has

This unseen punch

Of

Pure poisoned pleasure!

It’s killing the ones

That choose

To spike their arms

With a needle

And

Push down the plunger

Moms

Dads

Boys and girls 

Age

Wealth

Sex

Race

Poverty or providence

It kills indiscriminately!  

And

When an addict drops dead

All the others

Are draw to that batch

Like night bugs swarming

A streetlight

Believing if they survive

It will be the best high yet 

So

If you kiss China’s lips

It might be your

Last kiss

Kissing this life

Goodbye!  

From my book, When The Cedars Shade Your Grave