Never Seen the Devil?

Never Seen the Devil?
Never heard his song?
Never felt his frozen clutch
make weak which once was strong?

Never tasted bile?
Deep at the back of your throat?
Never felt your own blood burn
'round your heart like a boiling moat?

I'll tell you all a secret.
I'll show you where to look.
Introduce you to the Devil himself;
observe his evil book.

The Devil's name's Addiction,
comes to lie and steal and kill.
Adam and Eve's affliction;
from Eden, to booze, to pill.

Kills you while you're smiling.
Eats you while you watch.
Chokes you as you feed him,
fangs poised at your crotch.

So, swallow those pills, my brothers.
Swim in alcohol.
Fill your veins and drain your pains and hide
from those who call

You back.
To life.

-parnell
3/2010