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Heroin's Heroine

                   She comes to me            so differently            in color and in hue.            A changing name            a changing face,            she always will allure.            She's as black as             melting midnight oil,            and as white as arctic snow.            There are times             that you will hear            her called Dilaudid.            She'll reach her hands            inside some heart            and gently caress that soul.            Whispers to me            that I have a choice,            but she has total control.            Her velvet voice             a scream to some;            we can hear            her even now.            Sometimes you say            her name is Codeine.            She finds me always            and anywhere            in a church that's            filled with nuns.            She'll walk you down            a dangerous road            surrounded by            knives and guns.            She comes from doctors            comes from thieves,            I used to cop from            a lawyer's son.            Now you say the             lady's name is Heroin.            Her friends are             death and misery,            she will demand             one-hundred percent.            After a while her            beauty is gone,            about the time you             are broken and bent.            Her assurances are fleeting            now, lasting only half a day.            Her once sweet smell is            now the stink of black tar.            Once she's taken            your virginity            she never will forget.            You try to leave            her high and dry            she leaves you lying            in your own sweat.            You'll be as sick as            you've ever been, weak            and emotionally wrecked.            Now you wonder how            you ever loved her.            Pills, powders,            liquids or tars,            she has unlimited forms;            while crossing classes             and borders too,            from slums to            private school dorms.            She eases pain like             none you've met,            in fact it's her specialty.            These are the times            she prefers to be            called Morphine.            Smoke and sniff            swallow or shoot,            to her it's            always the same.            So many use             her sparingly            but she always            wins that game.            She has more patience            than Job, I'm told;            her voice goes right             to your soul.            As always she has left            you room for nothing.            She keeps score well            for thirty-odd years            by the scars             upon your arm.            She feels so good            you cannot preceive            why she causes             you such harm.            She won't take no            and never has;            her strong suit            is denying you.            She's happiest when your            hungry heart stops beating.            The sun always rises            that's what they say,            they don't tell you             it always sets.            If you are playing            With her fire's flames            you better learn             to hedge your bets.            Eternally indifferent             she always is, she knows            she's going to win.            I misunderstood            and thought her name            was Heroine.                                                                                   

Copyright © November 2001 Mark D. Kilburn


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