Work Addiction Poems

It sits out in your driveway
a glittering metallic sculpture.
It costs more than your house,
you love it more than your spouse.
You can hardly drive it, it’s...

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         A woman speaks:
“I will live in a tent, or demand I pay no rent!
My name is...

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One, you and your buddies broke my door

Two, you are watching me

Three, I am great mother 

Four, very clever very smart

Five, I'm a different problem...

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The afternoon's a fire, but my head still frozen to the pillow.
The fan blows soft and I lay softer.
Without a signifier I'll get up for...

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It’s a parasite’s world.
The worm of laziness
Clogging the mind, 
Ego refusing change.

It’s a parasite’s world,
Seeping through one’s blood and breath.
Adoption, adaptation to change, an uphill...

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Bedsit 
Sit beside your bed 
And wallow there please 
The world doesn't want to see you today 
Even you don't want to see you today...

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A pure Hawaiian of rare birth,
living a life somewhat carefree,
fed farm animals by this squirt,
sticks and stones were real toys indeed,
set trash ablaze, be on...

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“Be Gentle..” I plead through water colour eyes,
As your brush traces my blank canvas,
Colour me red, purple, yellow, grey,
Cover me in fingerprints, bite marks, handprints,...

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I welcome
the grogginess.
That dulling of my senses.
Until the walls turn to hazy grey.
My hand coming in and out of focus.
Another two fingers of whiskey 
swirling...

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I once had a lover who was a smoker
I told him I really wish he’d quit
The smell alone was quite a choker
And his clothes were...

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This year 2024 is an opportunity to reflect on the previous year past and set new goals for the next 12 months ahead. We must...

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   I'm addicted to talking
     perhaps you're addicted to listening 

   How about I talk your ear...

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Life is a gift. 
Not for waste & not for unused. 
Life is a race. 
Not for scare & not for stop. 
Life is a...

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It's been a while since I had something sweet
Now my tongue is dry all I can think of is that cake
That I'm about to have,...

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I've always yearned to be free,
Free in my mind,
Free in my soul,
Free in my heart,
Just free.

I remember a moment in Venice,
Strolling along,
Sun setting,
In the distance,...

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