Take a Pill

         We’re too good to be happy too straight to be sad.

-       Carly Simon

   

Take A Pill

 
Wine instead of beer
fish instead of tenderloin

steelcut oats instead of cheerios
apples instead of toffee
black coffee instead of lattes.

Have a clean heart, says the church billboard.
Take a pill, says the doctor.
Sign my petition says the priest.
Politics in the pew, directives on the fridge.