“Take the pill, take the pill!”
she said. “I will, I will,”
said I.
“But what if I die?”
“You might, you probably will,
if not, you’ll go extremely still.”
You won’t feel your body, you won’t feel the pain,
It’ll be alright, you’ll come back more sane.”
So I took the pill, and then I panicked.
“Will I die? Am I going to die? I don’t want to die!
No pain is worth this! Nothing is worth this.
Oh, how I wish I hadn’t done this! What have I done!?
I don’t want to go! I’m not ready to go!”
“You won’t,”
she said. “It was a placebo.”
