Love Poem: Take Sum Doses
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Written by: Shahana Jackson

Take Sum Doses

If I could I'd take a million doses of happy
   Cause happy is so hard to achieve
       If I could put that chemistry in a pill 
           and shake it up till it succeeded in working
              than I would become an addict 
                  I would slave and prostitute 
                         Just to have me sum doses 
                             of the pill that will wipe away all sadness
                         What if there was such a pill?
                              Take a glimpse into our future
                                I predict disaster 
                                    I see someone tryna bottle utopia
                                       I see someone tryna cure cancer
                                          All in the hopes that one day
                                            we as people could live better
                                            But every good deed turns sour 
                                                I see people killing just to obtain
                                                    that power
                                                     just a couple of doses
                                                          away from pure bliss
                                                              This may sound ironic
                                                                But I don't think we as human beings 
                                                                   could handle this new kind of chronic
                                                                        For a bottle of happiness 
                                                                          She'd give her son's life
                                                                          He'd give his daughters virginity
                                                                               Just for one taste 
                                                                     Of something he can hardly remember
                                                                           my concoction mixed with human emotion 
                                                                              will cause the earth's destruction