I bought black market drugs some years ago,
when I was young and laws had not yet passed.
Back then, of course there was no way to know
their provenance – who held them next to last.
But that was better than Big Pharma’s show
(concealing fact and leaving me aghast).
So though I suffer stuffy aging head
I’ll duck the pharmacy, and breathe instead.

(Ottava Rima)