Down on the Pharm

A Poem About Pills

Photo by Altin Ferreira on Unsplash

Two plastic cases
One is for morning
One is for later each night
Each sectioned for each of the days of the week, that’s
Fourteen compartments, alright?

Six pills upon rising
Three pills before bed
Nine chances to aid what is ailing
One woman who wonders
One day at a time if…