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Poem #4 from The Oxycodone Highway

Kenneth DiMaggio

Half-hobbling on crutches
or prosthetic devices
the three security officers
checking & scanning them
today at the Social Security
office were all armed
with 19-round Glock
automatic pistols

Back in my office
I work on
the strategic plan
that will help those
seeking relief or redress

But when the social
workers the counselors
the attorneys and the director
are ready to implement
a more humane solution
—the veterans addicts
ex-convicts and others
who never institutionally
recovered
are back on
the Oxycodone Highway

And after we vote
to give more study
to our community
and how we can enhance
our goals for it

we also put in a request
for another
security officer

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