Saturday, December 24, 2022

no prescriptions necessary

i text my pharmacist
friend
in India
to inquire about prednisone.
Nida Shaikh.
he calls me brother,
and tells me to call
him Brian.
fifty pills at ten mg,
i tell him. no knock offs,
the real stuff.
he takes his
time about texting me back.
maybe because of the ten
hour time
difference.
he's pretty reliable.
and i trust him.
no prescriptions needed.
he has a farm
outside
of Delhi,
sometimes i hear sheep
and roosters
in the background
when we talk.
what could go wrong?


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