A "pantoum" poem - no set meter - Rhyme Scheme: abab

Stanza 1:

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4

Stanza 2:

Line 5 (repeat of line 2 in stanza 1)
Line 6 (new line)
Line 7 (repeat of line 4 in stanza 1)
Line 8 (new line)

Stanza 3/Last Stanza (This is the format for the last stanza regardless of how many preceding stanzas exist):

Line 9 (line 2 of the previous stanza)
Line 10 (line 3 of the first stanza)
Line 11 (line 4 of the previous stanza)
Line 12 (line 1 of the first stanza)


Sadly, those who are addicted to heroin, think only of the next fix. Their only thoughts are to disappear from life's pains and equate the high to feeling like being in heaven. They know hell waits for them in just a few hours...

I had a close relative who was an addict. A very difficult thing to watch them deteriorate, yet still long for that "heavenly" feeling.

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