Took a pill of happiness this morning

it was small & kind of pink.

I swallowed it

Dry.

Time lapsed and I

felt great.

I looked around.

My fingers looked long

and my pulse ran quick.

I looked at the smoking cigarette

half burned.

Everything seemed surreal.

I took a breath.

I felt every cell

absorb oxygen.

I wondered how long I’d been

sitting,

thinking.

Time was now an issue.

I looked for a clock.

there was none to be found.

Some old coffee,

some magazines lying around

half read

waiting for their pages to be turned.

newspapers piled

carefully

in the corner,

And the cat meowed.