Drugs can cause the mind to imagine strange things, even talking frogs. Katharyn Hows Machan uses details, diction and imagery in her poem, “ Hazel Tells Laverne”. Machan writes in an obtuse and colloquial way that shows the way drugs and reality can affect the way things are seen. To begin, Machans writes in obtuse details to portray the simple working life of a drug addict. Machan writes,“Swimmin aroun an tryin ta/ climb up the sida the bowl”(seven,eight Machan). Machan uses obtuse details to show the effect of drugs on the human mind. The disorder and misspelling, of the poem, shows how drugs dumb down the human mind, causing information to be processed slower. Machan adds on to her obtuse writing by saying, “but sogodhelpme he started