addict
by Lara Konesky
When I was addicted to opiates
I didn’t really shit or cum
and now that I am off them
I spend a lot more time in the bathroom.
Lara Konesky is a 31-year-old gypsy/mother/teacher from Columbus, Ohio. She enjoys outlaws, exaggerations, working with refugees, barbaric and rebellious children, burdens, and sobriety. After extensive philosophical training, she decided the only real life was the life of the poet. Her first book, Next to Guns (Grievous Jones Press, 2009), can be found at www.grievousjonespress.com. She recently co-edited (with Andrew Taylor, Erbacce Press) and contributed to Blood at the Chelsea (Erbacce Press 2010), an anthology of writers writing for other writers. You can also read her work online and in print at New Aesthetic, Gutter Eloquence, Word Riot, and various other rad places.