Sure I'll have the heroin with a Angle dust chaser. I lost a few friends because they flirted with death either with drugs and alcohol, reckless driving or neglecting to wrap it. This post reminded me of Jim Carroll's song People Who Died and I posted a link to it below. Cheers!
When you want to generate strong emotion in your writing or create a more casual tone, use em dashes. Compare these sentences:
He is afraid of two things: spiders and senior prom. He is afraid of two things—spiders and senior prom.
This post was edited by tom jackson at October 7, 2019 6:30 PM MDT
I agree. I suspect if you were saying it instead of writing (typing) your answer, you would pause after speaking the word death. If so, you can indicate a pause with a comma or as---I would personally choose---use a dash.
And why my choice of dash instead of a comma?---just a personal preference.
We all develop a personal writing style if we write a lot over a period of years. I learned a very specific set of grammar rules, but I have modified them over the years to suit myself. But I suspect few people misinterpret what I say because of a grammar faux pas.
I heard this song for the first time when someone (maybe you? Or maybe Sharonna here - - I don't remember) had posted it on the site here a while ago. The song blows me away. I like it a lot. But I don't like it, too. powerful stuff.