Pills
More pills.
This one makes you care less
about the small stuff you keep sweating.
And speaking of sweating,
you really need to lose that weight
that chin
that negative attitude
…and here’s how.
Everyone is a fucking doctor
with a prescription for your life.
Your response: Baa baa…quack!
Michael Neal Morris has published online and in print in such venues as Borderlands, The Concho River Review, Illya’s Honey, The Distillery, The GW Review, Chronogram, Mouth Full of Bullets, and Sniplits. A number of his books are listed at Smashwords. He lives with his family just outside the Dallas area, and teaches Eastfield College.
If you wish to read more of Michael Neal Morris’ work, he can be found on the web At Times Wrestling and on his blogger page: Monk Notes.
Copyright © 2012 by Michael Neal Morris
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