Now honey, when you leave for work today don’t forget your crack pipe.
You will need it when you are on your way home and in the back of the bus and the bus isn’t all that crowded and just then, in that moment, a few loud men get on the bus and begin chatting nearby using phrases such as, “My business is doing amazing!” & “I can’t believe how much they are going to pay Susan!” & “Oh, it’s been over a year since I’ve had a drink!” Yes, in that moment dear it will be best to reach in to your crusty old vest, scraping together the last few grains of rock you can secure and ever-so-delicately place them in your straw-thin glass tube pipe. Put those crumbling remains of white rock in the yellow end of the pipe, look at those fine joyous gentlemen complacently sitting nearby, grab your lighter, spark up, inhale. You’ve earned it.