02-26-2012, 06:08 PM
< heroin >
watching Mike
late at night
in the barracks
in the vacant sergeant's room
his face in the light from his candle
(a Virgin Mary votive
from the Mexican grocery)
holding his tiny Pyrex beaker over it
"majored in chemistry", he says
dissolving his heroin
Jeff and i bum a little
roll it into our joint
(the grass we get down here is so poor)
the moist powder makes the joint sputter
(but it works just fine)
the vacant sergeant's room...
i come here to sit, to write
to fuck some guy i met at the PX
to come down from acid
to listen to Jeff play his guitar
(his hands, his fingers as they move)
to watch mike
slowly
carefully
dissolving his heroin
- - -
posts that follow apply to this uncorrected version:
< heroin >
watching Mike
late at night
in the barracks
in the vacant sergeant's room
his face in the light from his candle
(a Virgin Mary votive
from the Mexican grocery)
holding his tiny Pyrex beaker over it
"majored in chemistry", he says
dissolving his heroin
("always add a few drops of lemon juice")
Jeff and i bum a little
roll it into our joint
(the grass we get down here is so poor)
the white powder makes the joint sputter
(but it works just fine)
the vacant sergeant's room...
i come here to sit, to write
to fuck some guy i met at the PX
to come down from acid
to listen to Jeff play his guitar
(his hands, his fingers as they move)
to watch mike
slowly
carefully
dissolving his heroin
- - -
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions