The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for October 2006

For Leo Sternback

some people
don’t know the
difference
between triptophane
and endorphine
or dopamine

my
tricyclic antidepressants
kick
off and i
wonder if
this is
happiness
or just feeling
happy
perhaps
            being

happy

is feeling
good the same
as happy

or not
feeling bad
or mad

is happy

active
or passive

you pick

too much
               pressure

[for me
            i’ll take
my diazepam
to go]

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