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Two Buildings on the Same Side of the Street
Two Buildings On The Same Street
It’s 2AM and it’s hot out
and the drugs
really starting to kick into
my neurotransmitters
So I hunt along the sidewalk, knowing
In my neighborhood the dark, lonely spots
That they would have
a community meeting
If they knew whete they were
and what
Was happening there, with us
first alone then— not
And finally there is cum
on the playground
Some kids fast asleep
dreaming nightmares
And I’m back to the hunt
on the sidewalk
There is this other place I go speeding away
Pass by the Baptist church
and feel guilty
Right down the street
there
Is a methadone clinic.
The opiate of the masses
I was glad
I wouldn’t be using either this night
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