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Current mood:  geeky Category: Writing and Poetry
what would you do if one day you woke up and realised all you wanted was a normal life
as far back as they can remember your family has been involved in the drug trade
they've been in it so long that they can remember the days before illegal drugs existed
your ancestors had their hand in the opium wars when the british hooked an entire nation
they ran the biggest chain of opium and hash dens in the victorian times
if sherlock holmes was a real man he would have chosen their dens to spend his time in
if opium dens still existed it would have been your family's establishments that people like amy winehouse would be photographed falling out of
these days a split has occured between your respectable family that own a famous chain of pharmacy's and your wealthier family that would call themselves street pharmacists
street pharmacists that are never on the street
they leave this to the mugs in the front line
the same way the british army would send platoon after platoon of infantry over the top to be shot down while the generals sat in relative comfort drinking whisky
there seems to be a never ending supply of people willing to risk it in view of all those cctv cameras
but your family is more intelligent than this because those on the front line dont even know who you or any of your family are
they're too low down in the chain for that
ever since you can remember drugs have been part of your life
you've got the crackhead uncle
the cokehead "it girl" aunt
the gran that needs a little morphine every now and again to deal with the pain
the mother that has a joint at least once a day to make things a little easier
the father that did just a little bit too much acid so now he's slightly tapped
and you've tried pretty much everything now
all you can ever think when your out at another outdoor party is why you never goto normal clubs
why you can never have a conversation that isnt about drugs or while your on them
you sit in a coffee house
you look around all those people sat about having normal conversations
talking about their mortgages
noone ever talks about mortgages in your household because they all have the money to buy their property outright
all you want to do is make one normal friend
someone who has never done drugs in their life
the kind of person that thinks if they take one ecstasy pill they will die
the kind of person that can get drunk from one pint
you want to spend time with someone that when they goto the toilet you know that is all they are doing
you want a job that isnt cash in hand
you want a child that wasnt conceived during a 12 hour drugsex session
you want the white picket fence
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Ben Folds Live
By Ben Folds
Release date: 08 October, 2002 |
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