They gave the kid some methadone, just to help the child sleep.
He was interrupting their nightly ritual of heroin and speed.
Tiny body couldn’t handle all the second-hand freebase smoke,
desperate measure taken when they saw him start to choke.
Uncovering a tomb of cess,
left a child without remorse
expecting no recourse
in a murky lair,
the rodents that feed there
have him in their grasp,
country babe attacked by rats.
Throw your child in the septic tank.