A LITTLE MORE DOPE, PLEASE

Got enough kindness,
thank you very much.
Food, uhuh,
got plenty of that, too.
Money? OK
with that.
A woman? You kiddin?
I'll pass.
Got my four walls,
some paper,
and a Bic--
if I need em.
It's dreams, man,
that I'm short of;
and I'm getting old-old,
so old that my old dreams
have gotten tired, too,
and can't make the leap
into my head
without some help.
So...
pass the dope, wouldya?
I've got the spike&spoon,
I've got the cotton&belt,
a glass of water rests
on my table & I've got the will
to sleep&encourage
rebellion
damning what separates me
from the dimming light.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2017