Cocaine and Vodka

Your smell fills my nose

Like cocaine

This intoxicating high.

Mommy always said

To stay away

From drugs

So does that mean

I have to leave you?

Your taste stains my tongue

Like vodka

This dizzying drunkenness.

Daddy always said

Alcoholism runs in families

And I’d be next in line

So does that mean

I’m destined to swallow

You—my sin?

Your body collides with mine

Like a car wreck

This beautiful kind of tragedy.

Brother always yelled at me

For driving drunk

And I guess this finally caught up with me

Because mommy and daddy

Always said drugs

And alcohol

And you

Would kill.