Ode to Roethke
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Clothes drenched in cigarette smoke,
Skin smelling like an ashtray;
I am forced to cough and choke
I only want to get away.
Icy blue eyes so breathtaking that
Getting lost in them is all I can do.
But emptiness is all that is met;
Those drugs are simply ruining you.
As I wrap my arms around you
It feels like there is nothing there;
All your muscles have bid adieu
And sadly, you don’t even care.
Slurred words are all that we hear,
Now where did the loud you go?
Deep in a daze, missing a gear,
You’re a stranger I no longer know.