Popcorn and Needles
...I remember how
you used to roll
your popcorn popper
across the floor grinning
and not paying attention
to where you were going—
and how happily you
pretended to drive
the rusty ’49 GMC pick...
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Categories:
naloxone, addiction, boy, childhood, drug,
Form: Free verse
Compassion Fatigue
...Compassion Fatigue
Resentment looks a lot like Narcan in a sharp
and feels like it’s forcing out my will.
I grab them both; Naloxone and the tarp,
the outcome undetermined by my skill.
Same gu...
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Categories:
naloxone, addiction, faith,
Form: Sonnet