April Addiction Poems

Growing my hair down below my knees...

stimulated courtesy follicles,
where Coconut, Olive, Grapeseed,
Jojoba, Amla and Vitamin E oils
allowed, enabled,
and provided head start
germinating peach fuzz into brown...

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Ice cream and jelly, with a punch in the belly.'
Is what some in Britain Abhor.' Boris is in
Trouble, he blew too big a bubble, where...

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I couldn’t …

shatter the pane
or fly, either
couldn’t press weary wings to wind …
and glide
for they were bound -
wrapped like a leper in a crowd
and just...

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Author Dana Redricks
April 8, 2023

I can't help myself. I'm in love with you. I wish I could turn off my feelings, but I'm too deep...

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Addiction takes on many disguises
You feel left alone with your own vices
Yet, you don’t think there is a problem
Which is the problem you can’t see
Once...

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A cobwebbed threshold 
of her festering wound.
The foul rush of shadow and abandonment
spoiled just beyond recognition. 

Embers of a chaotic ritual 
and venom searing vehemently
through...

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Halka sa namkeen tha
Halka sa khamera tha
Teray peshab ka sawad
Teray peshab ka sawad.
Note.(GoLi ya TEKA)???...

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The destruction of the cell in the dialectic of negativity
Shooting arrows of light towards the body of the self
Solar processes and nuclear fusion
Sustainable Amazonian Euterpe...

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Just on the cusp of experiencing joie de vivre,
the triumvirate of Crooks and Quade
figuratively swoop down
to announce re: inspection
of apartment unit B44
whenever they deem appropriate.

Thus...

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A model-actress from Columbia
Whose nice name is Vergara, Sofia
Always asks for coffee
On talk shows or any
I doubt if she has no insomnia.


April 24, 2022 ...

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Filched Physiognomy – Mine revisited!

Absolute zero escape
velocity guts dance
sing days (contra and square),
cuz metabolic full abundance
abdominal adipose tissue acceptance
not in accordance
with light as a feather

miss...

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Tears pooled at the edge of 
Brilliant blue, intelligent eyes
Her heart poured out her feelings
The dread, the darkness
The desperation of a situation
That was covered in...

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A deadbeat drug addict Frank was stark mean
A cheat he made all the money not clean
Neglectful father single
With him children didn’t mingle
He died in coma...

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Gambling, he lost it all
Everything gone; betting was not his tour de force
Mind appall

No one's hero
There was anger but no remorse
Zero

Assets
lost on a horse
Debts

Gambling, he...

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Time and again
jovial imp does succeed
at collecting aggregate of infinite moments
nabbing, snagging and yoking yours truly,
a fortitudinous erstwhile
citizen banker travels at warp speed
impossible mission to...

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