Slim

She used to drink like a man
Who can’t stop checking his watch.
When will this show be over?

She used to joke that she was
Rasputin, unkillable
Despite popping mixed toxins.

She used to say her only
Addiction was her husband,
At least until she left him.

She used to be smooth and thin
As a sleek, anxious whippet,
A live wire right to wits end,

A stomach perforation,
Alone in her apartment.