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Elegy To An Addict 2

ELEGY TO AN ADDICT To love a pill, is this life today? Popping up happiness, downing it away. God in a needle, lift yourself higher. Killing the seed of sexual desires. How in the hell did I get in this fix? Heroin for breakfast, heroin for kicks. All the pills have drifted away. Heroin took my life away.

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Susan Ashley

Date: 12/1/2024 7:29:00 PM

Dear Delores, your poem is such a potent, intimate portrait of an addict in the throes of addiction. The imagery and emotion is vivid and visceral and stings the soul deeply. Powerful verse! Congratulations for your success in Kai's contest. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Delores Allen
Date: 12/2/2024 7:05:00 AM

Thank you. So many suffer from addiction. Of course it did not help legalizing marijuana.

Lauren Tilley

Date: 10/11/2024 6:41:00 PM

This poem is powerful and raw, vividly capturing the struggle with addiction…. Your honesty in addressing such a heavy theme is relatable. Keep writing, keep fighting

Delores Allen
Date: 10/12/2024 3:15:00 PM

Thank you.