I can't be without two Aleve
before the alcohol
and the poetry

just need a certain relief
that ibuprofen
has worn off

and the aspirin that's like
candy
I would need to take ten

to listen to my head
and all these visions
words and spinning

rounds
the aching dreams the unsatisfied
sounds

of the best music the
wounded calls
of all of society

that drowns me
nightly