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the heroin problem is
so bad in dublin
some public restrooms
in high use areas
are illuminated with
blue lights
when I was younger
my grandma used
the green husks
of walnuts to make
a pulpy paste
that stained my hairless
underarms a tannish green
the reason being for the blue
lighting is that it makes it
harder for the intraveinous
user to locate a vein
she explained that the walnuts would
help me to have a more pleasant
smell when I became a man
i'm sure people still shoot up
in the blue light
because grandmas
87 and still lives under that
walnut tree
and that goddamn remedy
didn't do a thing for my odor