Emile Pinet Poet Quatrain

Another Monster To Defeat

Dealers sell drugs not far from your door,
patiently waiting there in the dark.
And with cash in hand, you leave once more,
to troll back alleys: daunting and stark.

A storm-soaked sky spits pieces of grey,
hammering the ground with hail and rain.
And as you stumble along the way,
fear triggers jolts of remembered pain.

Junked up specters, these prophets of doom,
pimp their products with swagger and style.
And stake out recesses in the gloom,
where lies get exchanged: for denial.

Ignoring your pledges to abstain,
you renege on your vow to stay clean.
And stick a needle into your vein,
slipping right back to where you have been.

Just another monster to defeat,
Death bides its time, while watching you crawl.
And the consequences of deceit,
are: that no one will care when you fall.

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Line Gauthier March 16, 2018 at 1:51 PM Awesome and poignant, Emile. Emile Pinet March 16, 2018 at 2:20 PM Thanks Line, your comments and encouragements are most appreciated my friend, Emile.

Matthew Anish November 20, 2015 at 2:00 PM Very dark picture you paint here - very vivid ending! Peace & Blessings Matthew Anish Emile Pinet November 20, 2015 at 2:39 PM Thanks Matthew, I appreciate your input. Emile.

John Hamilton November 20, 2015 at 1:18 PM Very nicely done, taking a distasteful situation, story, framing it in such away, that it is palatable, and acceptable to receive the message. Thanks Emile. JDH Emile Pinet November 20, 2015 at 1:34 PM Thanks John, I appreciate your input. Emile.

Nette Onclaud November 20, 2015 at 9:34 AM sometimes, we destroy the very life that gives us wonder by being taken by ill habits... this is a biting, powerful way to express such indiscretion, emile.. huggs Emile Pinet November 20, 2015 at 10:58 AM Thanks Nette, I appreciate your input. Emile.