Melissa O. Fuller

October 17, 2019 | 8:54 PM

This guy
he ran to me, calling out
as if script
scribe
scrib
was written on the left side of my chest.

The driver
he watched as I emptied limbs
from white coat
asked
“Did anybody die today?”

“Yes,” I say
They’re all going to die.
If not today, another
if not from diagnosis, let it be from the other side of the pill.
Quell one ill, in exchange for
upset stomach
diarrhea
slurred speech
hallucinations
memory loss
suicidal thoughts
priapism
muscle tremors
swelling of the lips, face or tongue
blood clots
anal bleeding
stroke
liver failure
may cause sudden d e a t h.

Chronic dis-ease for the chronic stream of constant fund.
Control, no cure
kickbacks to kick back.
Mafia ties
pockets lined
with mulberry silk
galore.

Big business
big bank
big car
big mortgage
big life
big death

Big
Pharma