Heroin Poem by Thomas Case
Heroin
I put the spike
in and push it a
little; withdraw, and there
it is, that beautiful
rose
bloom flash.
Push the plunger
and I'm back in
Eden.
Naked and no shame.
And in that moment
it's better than
sex and God and Heaven
and chocolate.
I'm lost in
a storybook blue
sky, and I don't want
to be found.
Nothing matters but
the sublime substance
pumping through my
veins that makes me
immortal.
Icarus flying into
the sun until my
wings melt and I
fall back to earth
and do it all again.
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4/25/2024 1:14:02 AM # 1.0.0.1119
That's the downside Thomas fall back to earth and (having) do it all again I experimented with all kinds of drugs in my youth but now I find the greatest hit in the sheer simple joy of being alive. But I love your description of the effects of Heroin. The rose bloom flash, back in Eden, story book blue sky, you capture that feeling of being immortal so exquisitely. Wonderful poem. Full marks Tom