Vinegar 16, Cola 27: humpty dumpty
Title: humpty dumpty
Main Story: In the Heart
Flavors, Toppings, Extras: Vinegar 16 (reject if seal is broken), cola 27 (this is your brain on drugs), My Treat (Olivia considers medication for her anxiety), malt (gandolforf's easter egg: What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise? - "The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe), cherry (poetry, first person), pocky.
Word Count: 82
Rating: PG.
Summary: Olivia, on drugs.
WARNING: Anxiety and depressive imagery.
Notes: Please note that neither I nor Olivia is advocating medication for everyone, or indeed for anyone except her.
“This is your brain on drugs”
she says
and brings the pan down on the egg
but that’s all wrong.
that is my brain off drugs.
eggshell fragments on the carpet
bits of myself falling away
as the pan comes down again
and again
and again.
and I am the girl with the pan
destroying myself again
and again
and again.
all the king’s Zoloft and all the king’s Prozac
can never put me together again.
at least
they stop
the pan.
Main Story: In the Heart
Flavors, Toppings, Extras: Vinegar 16 (reject if seal is broken), cola 27 (this is your brain on drugs), My Treat (Olivia considers medication for her anxiety), malt (gandolforf's easter egg: What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise? - "The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe), cherry (poetry, first person), pocky.
Word Count: 82
Rating: PG.
Summary: Olivia, on drugs.
WARNING: Anxiety and depressive imagery.
Notes: Please note that neither I nor Olivia is advocating medication for everyone, or indeed for anyone except her.
“This is your brain on drugs”
she says
and brings the pan down on the egg
but that’s all wrong.
that is my brain off drugs.
eggshell fragments on the carpet
bits of myself falling away
as the pan comes down again
and again
and again.
and I am the girl with the pan
destroying myself again
and again
and again.
all the king’s Zoloft and all the king’s Prozac
can never put me together again.
at least
they stop
the pan.