01-15-2026, 05:18 AM
Good News, but Cold
Reports are in, remarkable,
that deaths from fentanyl are down
and have been going that way since
two years ago. How to explain
this seeming eccentricity?
Perhaps we’ve reached a point where most
have seen a relative die from
an overdose and shy away
or it may be agreements with
the Chinese labs bear fruit at last.
Or, one way or another, we
have run out of susceptible
despondent men because things now
are looking better than before–
or most such have already died.
I have the sense that, with a good deal of work, this could be recast as a rondeau.
Reports are in, remarkable,
that deaths from fentanyl are down
and have been going that way since
two years ago. How to explain
this seeming eccentricity?
Perhaps we’ve reached a point where most
have seen a relative die from
an overdose and shy away
or it may be agreements with
the Chinese labs bear fruit at last.
Or, one way or another, we
have run out of susceptible
despondent men because things now
are looking better than before–
or most such have already died.
I have the sense that, with a good deal of work, this could be recast as a rondeau.
Non-practicing atheist