HIV+

‘’H I V’’

she whispered when I asked if she had any pertinent medical history

‘’& yea, Hepatitis C

What more do you wanna know from me?’’

‘’Do you smoke or drink? Any other medical problems?’’

‘’I smoke a pack or two a day, don’t drink. I do weed, cocaine.. just those kinda drugs..’’

‘‘ you know when nothing works, I feel depressed & in pain,

I’ve gotta shoot those into my vein’’

‘’But do you share those needles still, aren’t you aware you’ve contagious diseases..

how they’re spread, how infectious AIDS is!’’

‘’That’s how I contracted the virus too maybe..

No one told me though that I wouldn’t be disease-free..

I don’t like taking those HIV pills anyway

Tried them, didn’t like them.. life’s been good so far, but don’t know what happened today

Weight loss has been tremendous,

Coughing up blood, fever for months and night sweats

So…