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I never did the drugs
But They came for me anyway-
Long nights, sweating, wanting
Needing that fix of pollution-

I lay broken here
And no one notices
As I 
Become nothing but
Want and desire-
For things I never
Dared to taste.

Opiate- 
Wash away my purity
In your flood of indifferent
Consumption.
Let me lie in filth.

The smut thickens-
You’ve left me alone
Too long.

I have learned to 
Die alone
Through nights like this
When you aren’t even 
Thinking about me
As I am dying


And she smiles on.

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