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by Edna Wallace, LMFT
Edna Wallace, LMFT, is a long-time therapist at El Camino Hospital working in the Adult Mood Program for Depression and Anxiety and the OATS program for older adults. She has a private practice in Los Altos. She worked for a decade on the Luncheon Committee for SCV-CAMFT and has been a luncheon presenter as well. Edna is an avid writer in her spare time. She can be reached at www.ednawallace.com
Zoloft
I told my friend
Taking my Zoloft with tea
Is probably better
Than washing it down with wine
(which I’ve done).
My friend asked why I needed Zoloft.
I said so I don’t nag my son
(or yell at my husband).
A crumb of Zoloft does wonders, I raved.
She said she takes Xanax.
(But not with wine. Good girl.)
I asked her why…
She said the world’s going to pieces.
I marvel at the help
Of these little drugs
And of new ways of thinking….
What we use to make our way
Without driving off a cliff.
All the ways we quiet the noise
inside
So that it’s possible
To stand back
From the cliff
And admire the sea.
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