i'm nearly out of weed
and i've run dry of booze
i flushed my heroin and cocaine
and i miss the escape they offered
because now all i have are cigarettes
and she doesn't like the smell of smoke
or tobacco
besides, i feel like i've built an immunity
and i need something stronger
to calm my nerves
she says, "drink coffee and chew celery
stay away from the rest"
but she's too clean to understand
and i want to be clean but not really
because i like the feeling my 'friends' give me
i guess i'm just really tired and sleepy
and i want something strong and heavy
to wake me up
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BURN (Wattys2015?)
Poetry"Poetry...is thoughts that breathe and words that burn."--Thomas Gray "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." --Leonard Cohen Poems on the tough stuff in life. Poems on the crazy good stuff in li...