As I Sit Here

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As I sit here -

up the stairs and at my computer desk -

Down below in the heart of the house,

my sister sips my father's medication.

Oramorph is clear.

It makes you sleepy if you drink.

If I went to catch her drinking it she would lie,

she would tell me she were allowed.

Nobody of healthy body should drink the drink she does.

I tried to move it from her sight,

but she found it.

Every time she found it.
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She filled the bottle with water once

because she drank it all.

My father was in pain for that whole month.

We didnt tell him why.

That would have been a greater pain than all.