Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Originally published online Dec 21, 2024 & will be in the upcoming print collection Oxies and Roxies and Suboxies! Oh my!: A Tornado of Love, Lust, Addiction, and Loss — available here soon

The Negotiation by Melodie Yvonne

The drugs work fast, but not fast enough
I just need a break enough is enough

Everybody’s doing it why the fuck can’t I?
I’m done tryin’ to control this I’m saying goodbye

You don’t know what you’re doing this isn’t the way
Why won’t you listen to anything that I say?

I know what’s right and I know you’re wrong
If you’re not gonna listen, you might as well be gone

I love you don’t leave me I just need a minute
I just need a minute to try to forget it
This menagerie of shit inside of my brain
I can’t fucking do it. I’m going insane

I can’t fucking do it. I’m going insane
I can quit anytime I’m just still in pain

I can quit anytime you don’t know me at all
Shit I gotta go. I gotta give my doctor a call

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