"just a whim"

By muckraker

i wanna smoke crack.

not now.
not any time soon.

but,
when i’m 80,
and stuck in a wheel chair,

i’ll roll around with a permanent morphine drip
and a phat bowl of crack.

and when i’m ready to die,
i’ll take plane ride up high
on crack, morphine, lsd, ecstasy
and any other fuct up substance
i can get my decrepit old man’s hands on.

i’ll open the exit
and wheel myself out.
(no parachute)

i’ll flip and i’ll fly

dip, roll and spin
in a head first downward death dive.

as the ground rushes up
the drugs’ll kick in
leaving me in slow motion surreal equilibrium.

then i’ll bounce off the ground
with a sickening sound

and when the coroner sees the drip splattered mess,
he won’t know what to put down as the cause of death,
“abrupt impact” or just "plain old-fashioned overdose."

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Copyright 2003 muckraker
Published on Friday, May 23, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • worm On Friday, September 1, 2017, worm (1149)By person wrote:

    well... this was different!

  • Kinkypoptart On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, Kinkypoptart (555)By person wrote:

    Ha, you have a great point at the ending. I suppose if I had to die any way i'd probably want to be high. ~*~Tart~*~

  • Lotophagi On Tuesday, October 19, 2004, Lotophagi (333)By person wrote:

    swish. that's a nice whim.

  • A former member wrote: Society meets the individual...this piece is multitextured, something not often found mixed with plain speaking. Good job.

  • manywalks On Sunday, May 25, 2003, manywalks (747)By person wrote:

    Hell, I don't think I'll wait till I'm 80, 70 sounds more like it. This was a great piece to read, thanks. ~ mw

  • morgue_white On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, morgue_white (163)By person wrote:

    69! do I hear 68? man in the corner, blue hat? 65, do I hear 65...

  • Six-Out On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, Six-Out (1423)By person wrote:

    65!

  • A former member wrote: This is by far amazing, it mixes emotion with though with comidy...I like it much !

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