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Pestlementitis

A crying drunk and tears on my sleeves
A bleeding heart all over the page
So deep and profound
Letting go with the pen
Is this lfe about to end
While another one begins
A writing frenzy spurned on by intoxication
The thoughts seem now like putrefaction
Between the self-loathing tear stains smudged in time
Broken thoughts and a half empty pen
The readable crapula a very made head ache
And something scribbled in crayon
I think not to ever do it again

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 12/3/2016 7:39:00 AM
1) pestilence (n.) c. 1300, from Old French pestilence "plague, epidemic"2) French -ment, from Late Latin mente(m), accusative singular of mens ?(“mind”)3) [Greek feminine form of adjectives ending in -ites.] The ending is often used facetiously in temporary formations that refer to some state of mind
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Date: 12/3/2016 7:37:00 AM
Pestlementitis - May sound like an actual word it is not I made it up to describe the poem - the meaning is a plagued state of mind
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Date: 12/3/2016 4:26:00 AM
I recognize this... It's honest and painful too. Good luck in the contest.
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John Beam
Date: 12/3/2016 7:08:00 AM
Thanks Darren
Date: 12/2/2016 10:16:00 AM
John, this is it. This is *so* it. Take 28 and divide it by 4, that's what you're gettin,' no regrettin', your score.
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John Beam
Date: 12/2/2016 10:24:00 AM
Thanks again Doug. I have not had the time to set down and just write. Thanks for the encouragement.

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