I observe them on the autopsy table
“You’ve all been the basis of my life for as long back as I can recollect”
Now their chests are spread open, organs being weighed
Stagnant And stiff
Examiners look for cancer, aberrations, enlarged hearts but I know what annihilated them
It was antipsychotics and Dr. Ali
Now that they have been quelled the screaming and in my skull has silenced
I leave
I head outside to smoke a cigarette
“My old companions, I’ll miss you”
I take a long drag because I know that’s a lie
John Putignano 