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THE D R U G S OF YESTERDAY

The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farm house in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question...,

"WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM WHEN YOU AND I WERE GROWING UP???"

I REPLIED:"BUT I DID HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM WHEN I WUZ A KID GROWING UP ON THE FARM"

I WAS DRUG TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING

I WAS DRUG TO CHURCH FOR WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS

I WAS DRUG TO FAMILY REUNIONS AND COMMUNITY SOCIALS, NO MATTER THE WEATHER


I WAS DRUG BY MY EARS WHEN I WAS DISRESPECTFUL TO ADULTS

I WAS ALSO DRUG TO THE WOODSHED WHEN I DISOBEYED MY
PARENTS,TOLD A LIE, BROUGHT HOME A BAD REPORT CARD, DID NOT SPEAK
WITH RESPECT,SPOKE ILL OF THE TEACHER OR THE PREACHER


OR IF I DIDN'T PUT FORTH MY BEST EFFORT IN EVERYTHING THAT WAS ASKED OF ME

I WAS DRUG TO THE KITCHEN SINK TO HAVE MY MOUTH WASHED OUT WITH SOAP IF I UTTERED A PROFANE FOUR LETTER WORD

I WAS DRUG OUT TO PULL WEEDS IN MOM'S GARDEN AND FLOWER BEDS AND COCKLEBURS OUT OF DAD'S FIELDS


I WAS DRUG TO THE HOMES OF FAMILY,FRIENDS, AND MY
NEIGHBORS TO HELP OUT SOME POOR SOUL WHO HAD NO ONE TO MOW THE YARD,
REPAIR THE CLOTHESLINE, OR CHOP SOME FIRE WOOD, AND IF MY MOTHER HAD
EVER KNOWN THAT I TOOK A SINGLE DIME AS A TIP FOR THIS KINDNESS,
SHE WOULD HAVE DRUG ME BACK TO THE WOOD SHED.....
AND THE OTHER END OF ME WOULD HAVE BEEN ON FIRE

THESE DRUGS ARE STILL IN MY VEINS; AND THEY AFFECT MY
BEHAVIOR IN EVERYTHING I DO, SAY AND THINK.
THEY ARE STRONGER THAN COCAINE, CRACK, OR HEROIN AND IF TODAY'S
CHILDREN HAD THIS KIND OF DRUG PROBLEM, AMERICA MIGHT BE A
BETTER PLACE TODAY......
AND WE ALL GOT ALONG A WHOLE BETTER

THE WAY I SEE IT IS.... THE DRUG PROBLEMIN AMERICA
NEEDS THE D R U G S OF YESTERDAY

WISH I'D A BEEN DRUG AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN TABLE MORE OFTEN

AUTHOR UNKNOWN, AND SENT TO ME OVER THE INTERNET

Evelyn Flood
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November 2016

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