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My New Xanax

I stutter

I shake

I sweat

Until this attack has passed

I fumble

I struggle

For breath

This one may be my last

You take hold

I breathe

I'm calm

Put my anxiety right to sleep

I need you

These pills

Were wrong

But you, my new Xanax, I'll keep

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anthony-duvalle

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Published: Dec 10, 2010
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