She hadn't been down to the garages....yet.

I met a lady who was in turmoil because she had given her daughter money for heroin so that her daughter wouldn't steal. She explained the sequence of events.

At 11 years of age

down behind the garages

five shared a cigarette.

At 12 years five shared

a cigarette and a can.

At 13 years they had 

cigarettes and spirits.

By 14  they were 

into a joint and then someone

brought the heroin.

At 17 years they were 

down to four.

At 19 another succumbed.

At 20 two more left time 

and there remained the one.

She had a baby 

and continued in her habit.

They said the child was unaffected,

but she hadn't been down to the garages....yet.