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I sold smack on a playground today

 

biding time to scrounge the rent--

 

Two months ago I had never even seen the stuff.

I'd never procured it for personal use,

let alone sold it.

 

Now I'm a full-time pusher of prescriptions

for problems that can't be cured,

a modern-day snake-oil salesmen

schlepping panaceas for every conceivable ill.

 

*Trying to cope with depression?

This'll give you a shot in the arm!

Your boyfriend just broke your heart

mere weeks after breaking your *****

Here's a ***** that you can depend on*...

 

I thought I was better than this,

 

but who can afford scruples

with bills to pay?

 

Internally

I struggle to compete

with people who would never deign to take note of me.

My revenge is in undermining their immaculate lives,

a pill-peddling Socrates

keeping creditors at bay.

 

I'd always envisioned being someone's hero--

at least being remembered for an act of creation.

 

Instead I'm an enzyme for eradication.

A cancer cell at best--

A ****** wrecking ball.

 

One day I woke up a sidekick

to a heroine that's never saved anyone...

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shane-hunt
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Published
Sep 21, 2012
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