Addiction
Skeletons hang from family trees
Swinging in closets we don't see
Attention drawn to rattling bones
As memories dance and gremlins groan
Scratching an itch of dark pretend
Beckoning demons echo within
The thread of life, a toxic pin
To sew on garments made of skin
On dusty saddles or plain bareback
Monkeys ride a bloody track
Whip and spur a savage attack
In weakened moments as will power slacks
With reddened face, a chemical air
Rushes the body and tickles the hair
The stomach knots, the brain impaired
Demonic angels arrive to share
In numbing sleep at gallop pace
The mouth is dry from just a taste
A stuporous madness in mindless haste
While skeletons laugh right in your face
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An original poem by the "poemdog" Daniel Turner
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