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"Urgent Care"

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"His face twitches as the
nurse tries to find a vein.

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Three strikes you're out, he
says under meds, under pain,

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under his breath.

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Blood tests ordered,
IV ports into skin,

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into the thin tube
of a dried out vein.

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How long did you shoot drugs?

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she asks, pulling on gloves
now, avoiding his blue eyes.

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The rubber hose bulges his
upper arm as she probes.

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He twitches twice this time.

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I don't think we need to talk
about that right now, he says,

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polite as hell, 12 steps
embedded in his worn out soul,

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needle marks up and
down his suntanned arms.

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She finally finds a spot
on top of his right hand,

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and the red milk flows.

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Three glass vials fill up
slow with secrets of his life.

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All those sweet street
drugs, all that rust,

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all that crash and stop,
all those microscopic drops

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of wasted desire."

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