Version 5: Poetry


"Overdose"

Overdose on it. Wait until
You can't see the room straight.
Wait until everything is swirling.
Even wait until you bleed.

Thrumming ecstasy shoots up your spine.
Convulsing sporatically, frothy-mouthed.
Crimson red, bloodshot eyes,
Staring into endless space

Zoned. The mind a million miles away
From this place, this reality.
You can hear the other hearts beating,
Everything is heightened.

Ragged breaths, everything is slowing.
The world is stopping it's spin,
The roller-coaster ride is ending.
Everything is lowering the decibels.

Stopped. Frozen.
Everything is dead but you.
Sit in stunned silence.
Overdose.



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Copyright Meghan Jacques (aka Version 5), 2000/2001. All rights reserved.

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