Using

As a kid
I start out
liking inhalants.
One rag did the trick
Dr. Fun's
whip-cream propellant
sent me spinning
like a whirling dervish
across the floor
But I fell down
and split my head

Moved on to
Smirnoff and Captain Morgan
but they weren't my friends.

One night
my girlfriend
got drunk
and began to vomit.
Had to pull the spaghetti
from her mouth.

For a while marijuana became
my drug of choice
We rolled our joints
with pages from the bibles
the Gideons handed out
on campus

Did some coke
Got jumpy
Made me cough
and twitch

My paranoia

Thought the Feds were
hiding under the rug
listening to everything
I had to say

Tweaked out

Ecstasy made things better
for a while
Made me want to love
and rub my hands together
Touch everybody

Then I found dope,
real dope
I didn't know what problems were
'til I got involved with that junk
So I went down
for a sweet ride
with my girlfriend
by my side
Only... she didn't come up

I felt bad
Death is so final

Decided it was time
to clean up my act

Got into rehab
Got regrets too

With a dead girlfriend,
parents who won't speak to me,
school failure
Twice

Got no friends, either

Yeah,
I know
what drugs
can do

Been there
myself

Just like eggs
in a pan

fried