Cocaine

strangers spill the death of their dreams in dirty hallways
aluminum roller coasters collide into the tears of a mother  
jet strangled wings around cockpit  
streaking past unfocused thought    
euphoric starvation carnivorous for the taste of sweat  
jaw grinding rage snapped teeth marrow  
latex mini skirts, disco, anal, Yahtzee    
tore through the apple then slapped Eve in the face    
after the first one…  
an ache so rattling you’ll sell your kid’s X-mas toys for another  
slam it, snort it, smoke it, seek it, sneak it, secret,   
a barbaric seduction that taunts the Viking within  
bruised pores exhausted from keeping their mouths open  
potpourri fingernail polish, kerosene, and battery acid  
howl you wild dog howl for the night is young  
your days are long past the light  
your afternoons duck behind blanket hung curtains  
sprinting alone down a hill with no bottom    
ghosted skin stretched over plastic drums  
the music has stopped and yet still you dance on