arsenic {tw} — short poem

tw: this poem discusses themes of addiction as well as other morbid themes. read with caution.

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i feel lonely

   just a husk of my former self;

he’s addicted to arsenic —

  does he know about how

he’s poisoning himself?

i’m riddled with worry

           obsessive thoughts haunting me

slowly eating me away

       just like the arsenic he ingests

           everyday

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