The man with a crooked smile,
in the newspaper today,
makes my heart heavy,
and leaves me with nothing to say.

Hair wiry and tangled,
as was his mustache.
Man, he was unrecognizable almost,
if you glanced too fast.

Looked like a skeleton with skin,
so sickly and thin.
Said he was arrested for the possession,
of the drug ******.

I took a sip of my coffee,
shook my head and smiled.
I always knew the kid was wild,
my best friend from high school.