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Eating the Lotus

Mr. Eli is such a nice guy, his skin's a pretty Lilly white 'times when my placebo ain't workin' my personal pill prescribing plight generically i'm very uncommon as i always fill the proprietary Mr. Merck is the plan's official shaman Sista Pfizer fills caps as secondary my apathy ain't getting any better but 'least now, i don't much care linkin' addiction's such a fetter pharmacologically way beyond compare Paxil's take leaves us all depressed patently dubious claims to prescribe diseases mongering male pattern baldness script me a cure for my hypochondria vibe my Doc gets me a thirty day supply and even calls my pusher's service they'd never leave me high-'n'-dry we'd all be sweatin', anxiously nervous 'cause ya see - they're just as hooked on the green that passes in between we both rely that the tablet's cooked can't live without it and start to wean now ya know why i'm a lotus eater gonna be one for the rest of my life claimin' health plan's deductible sweeter gonna heal myself with ignorant blithe the mix is extracted from the lotus ground fine and refined to my creed we all need a little somthin' for impetus got my catharsis - my narcotic - my need © Goode Guy 2013-01-16

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