The Crack Lady Poem by Linda Racaniello

Those crystal like rocks are so pretty
I know I can't stop at just one
I hit that pipe over and over
and keep on smoking even when I'm done

Having to chase the dragon is the worst
cause when you first try it, it's seems like fun
but just to stop or to just give her up
when you'll realize you wish had never begun

Cocaine is a beautiful woman from hell
She wraps you round her long slim finger
She'll take you places that you've never been
but it's you will ask her to stay and linger

She'll drain your money every single time
and soon you will cheat, stteal and lie
just to keep that lady within your reach
so every day you can fly

No longer sleeping, and rarely eating
everything seems so overdone
partying day and partying night
you don't realize that that woman has won

You used to be the life of the party
Now you move around from place to place
trying to otrun well-meaning family & friends
as she has you wanting to save face

Hating your life, wishing to die
going to sleep, never wanting to wake
Praying to god, or anybody
trying to fight that lady you can't shake

they say that meeting makes make it
we'll i have tried that on a dry run
but I can't handle the people in groups
agoraphobia is not much fun

So this time selling has got me busted
but prison will help me in the long run
locking me up where I can leave
is the only way this war can be won