one tab

two more tabs

an hour later

a fourth tab

an hour after that

and

i sat in the bathroom

back against the tub

watching the shadows

from the soap

and the shampoo

and the plunger

come off their objects

and dance around

dance toward me

forming shapes

like hieroglyphics

trying to tell me a message

in a bottle lost at sea

and

i got scared

and ran out of the bathroom

and i tried to sober up

by finding the rest of

the cocaine

and a bottle of jack

and

i woke up

eighteen hours later

wondering where i belong

if i need to escape this

dimension

but

am just as afraid

of that one