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Narcotics

mixedmusic333's picture

You have to understand
it was really the
drugs.

Okay.
It was also really
me.

But that conversation
was really me
on the drugs.
(And believe me you
would have laughed your ass
off if you'd seen
me on the Valium beforehand.)

I think I mentioned
something about the
other woman.
And most of what I said
was probably true.
Drugs talk funny but
generally they don't lie
either.

In fact, you can
still tell, I'm sure,
that I'm not all here
at the moment, with
two painkillers and
an antibiotic in
my system.

(If I tried to
get up I'd fall
over.)

When I'm fully
functioning I usually
do a better job with line
breaks but this isn't
much of a poem anyway.

I mentioned the
other woman and I
don't really know if that
was a
mistake
or not.

Probably not.

And I know we talked
about time.
But how do you take
time when there's nothing
to take time from in
the first place?

I don't know much
else. And I never
did. But I especially
don't
now, with ice on both
cheeks and
facial bruising.

I told you last
time we
talked
I was pretty high.
I was laughing like
a maniac and then
sobbing like everyone had
died.

I don't think
I do well on
narcotics.

miss_literal's picture

"Masterpiece, I say, you've

"Masterpiece, I say,
you've created a
masterpiece!"

(Crazy cackling
and screaming)

...............
~miss lit~

mixedmusic333's picture

Thanks? I'm feeling a little

Thanks?

I'm feeling a little down in the dumps at the moment. I wish I could call you but I can't talk very well.

God. Today has been just a goddamn emotional roller coaster. Half of it was the drugs and half is probably what I said while on the drugs. And another half is just that my whole face hurts so much.

I hate roller coasters.

miss_literal's picture

Really? I love roller

Really?
I love roller coasters.
Not emotional ones, though. Those suck ass.
What did you say while on drugs that is making you so upset? If you don't want to tell me here, text me. Or call me. I would love to hear your drugged-up voice.

...............
~miss lit~

miss_literal's picture

Look! We made

Look! We made Literal_Music!

...............
~miss lit~

miss_literal's picture

Hola, anybody

Hola, anybody home?
MM?
GG?
What's up, guys?

...............
~miss lit~

mixedmusic333's picture

Hi. I'm still here. I don't

Hi. I'm still here. I don't really want to elaborate on this morning.

miss_literal's picture

Oh no...that

Oh no...that bad?

...............
~miss lit~

mixedmusic333's picture

Yeah.

Yeah.

mixedmusic333's picture

Valium tends to act as a

Valium tends to act as a truth serum.

miss_literal's picture

Ok, tell me when it's

Ok, tell me when it's stopped bothering you so much...knowing you, that will probably be a few months.

...............
~miss lit~

mixedmusic333's picture

hahahaha I'll call you when

hahahaha

I'll call you when I'm better. Wednesday doesn't look so great for us to hang out. But soon.

miss_literal's picture

That's fine, just feel

That's fine, just feel better. I got to go now, talk to you later. Text me if you need to.

...............
~miss lit~

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