some medicines
are so intensely caustic
to their receivers…
the administering nurse
is nearly hazmatted
in attire
solutions fired
directly into
the patient’s blood stream
difficult to cause
difficult to watch
sometimes they save a life
some poetry
is so intensely caustic
it must be sent from behind locked doors…
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