the cure

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they thought they could 'cure' me

with a small, plastic pill

they thought a paltry tablet

could make me sit still

they thought an orange oval

could subdue my mind

they thought my anxiety

would recede over time

they thought that drugs could silence

the noise in my head

they never thought they'd find

an empty bottle -- me dead

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