GUIDELINES 

PILL FOR ALMOST ANYTHING 
by  
s.c.virtes 

this pill can 
change your odds 
move you to some 
other column in the 
spreadsheet of life/death 

but 
it will also impair your 
ability to get it up or 
fight infection -- 
it might even leave you 
twitching in the street 

but 
you give in and 
pay the bundle of money 
for nineteen months 
of so-called safety 

but 
then life screeches to black
 you die in a hit & run
hell ... 

where's the pill 
for crossing the street 
safely?

© 2007 S. C. Virtes
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