10-26-2023, 12:59 AM
I guess I haven’t had enough of Hesse therapy, so I went from Ross MacDonald back to Hesse and read Journey to the East. Now reading a collectiion of his short stories.
Hesse probably could have used a dose of the Marx Brothers. I’m imagining his Swiss fortress of solitude invaded by Groucho, Harpo and Chico, while a forever unamused Hesse plays the straight man.
Clonazepam Blues
My brain is screaming for its little yellow pill, the one that lulls it to sleep.
There’s a clonazepam shortage where my pharmacy used to be. I’m ready to go through
its sliding glass doors on my knees, if only Mr. White Coat would toss a few my way.
Instead I get TV nightmares: my father’s empire of illusions crumbling before my eyes. Jokers wrote the script overlaying obscene tragedies with a laugh track and pratfalls.
Then comes insomnia, prancing down the aisle of night. So I’m out of bed listening to Lou Reed at 3 a.m. Maybe this first world suffering is merely a ritual of sacrifice
to the stern Gods of Pharmaceutical Commerce.
My theory is, the cheaper the drug, the more people must take it, and clonazepam is really cheap. How many other sleepless souls are sharing this dark night?
Hesse probably could have used a dose of the Marx Brothers. I’m imagining his Swiss fortress of solitude invaded by Groucho, Harpo and Chico, while a forever unamused Hesse plays the straight man.
Clonazepam Blues
My brain is screaming for its little yellow pill, the one that lulls it to sleep.
There’s a clonazepam shortage where my pharmacy used to be. I’m ready to go through
its sliding glass doors on my knees, if only Mr. White Coat would toss a few my way.
Instead I get TV nightmares: my father’s empire of illusions crumbling before my eyes. Jokers wrote the script overlaying obscene tragedies with a laugh track and pratfalls.
Then comes insomnia, prancing down the aisle of night. So I’m out of bed listening to Lou Reed at 3 a.m. Maybe this first world suffering is merely a ritual of sacrifice
to the stern Gods of Pharmaceutical Commerce.
My theory is, the cheaper the drug, the more people must take it, and clonazepam is really cheap. How many other sleepless souls are sharing this dark night?