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[aid] => mick
[title] => white knuckle
[time] => 2009-11-03 08:37:27
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[bodytext] => What do you want? I ask shut up! Says the little boy My inner child often throws tantrums sometimes there are definitive reasons Other times not so much There’s been a monkey on my back ever since I took away the baby’s bottle It’s got a hand in my side Stole an organ no doctor could identify Now there’s a hole nothing that enters stays for long Coated with rubber and Plexiglas CONSUME Eat until it’s hard to breathe I am the cold grinning wood chipper That will eat the last of the rainforest With gnashing teeth Smoke until your lungs weep I am the rusty chimney That beltches black smoke to blot out the sun DESTROY Burn every bridge you’ve managed to build around you Run from your past so fast that with every leap and bound you Manage to take one step forward and five steps back I have an infected gut poison leaks into my system I need something sterile Something burning Something to cauterize this wound Vapors drift up from my liver to my brain Acupuncture needles pierce my soft swollen lobes My untouched glands are stained with jack Daniels But I don’t sip the poison anymore God how I wish I could Sometimes, at least My tongue is a sponge on hot asphalt I… just. Want… no… need…. One drop But one drop is too many and a thousand is never enough I’ve hit my knees so many times I have scabs from the rug burn My lips are raw and chapped bubble gum replacements CRAP I… just… need… no… want… help Maybe I’m crazy But I think instant gratification comes before the long term The little boy is crying now… why can’t you just grow up [comments] => 1 [counter] => 202 [topic] => 66 [informant] => simonwrite [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => drugabuse )
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