Five minutes after the lights go down
\nI hear a familiar rustling two seats over.
\nSomeone’s making things happen.
\nI’m a little stressed but not surprised
\nwhen a hand in the darkness offers
\ntwo white pills.
\n“No thanks,” I say, false cool, thinking:
\n“I am old dude.”<\/i>
\nThe hand withdraws.
\nA minute later, I ask:
\n“What was that? ‘E’? Ecstasy?”
\n“Altoids.”
\nAnd I nod a short,
\ntight nod,
\nas if that was my second guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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