Jeffry Cohan Poet Quintain (English)

I Will Not Dance Because Its the Same Song

I WILL NOT DANCE BECAUSE IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG

Walk a high wire
Walk on the third rail
Walk on  fire
And I’ll explain in this one short tale

I thought for sure it wouldn’t get me
I would get it and I got it for sure
You wouldn’t recognize me if you met me
Because I’ve the wounds of a disease no one can cure

There’s about ten thousand things I’d rather do
Find and lose a lovely lady like you
I’d rather be caged like a tiger in the zoo
As slowly my disease progressed and grew

So here sit I on the subway steps a victim of what I sought
Never did I think this could happen to me and hurt so many
Then by the needle was I trapped and thusly caught
And no one would believe my story if I revealed my thoughts for a  penny

If it was worth any money I’d kill a cute little rabbit
And when I see an old lady with a diamond I nab it
If a man in a wheel chair is counting his cash I just grab it
Because these are the things I do every day to sustain a dope habit

Be caught in a bear trap
Find hell with a map
See my mother die and not care
But kick a habit like this I do not dare 
           (c) 2011....Phreepoetree ~free cee!~

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Delysia Hendricks May 25, 2011 at 5:16 AM Great write about an unseemly dance with a fiend. You go, Free Cee. :)) Watch this space (wink, wink)

Brenda Atry May 24, 2011 at 7:25 PM phree cee I plea