Best Druggie Poems

My name is Paul Carter and I want to tell you my tragic story
About the wrong path I chose in life, that wasn't one of...

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You may see me out on the streets
Lying curled up in a foetal position my sleeping bag in a shop doorway
Trying to get a few...

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Once, when I was young – another writer,
A poet and poetry lover, someone undiscovered…
She (it could have been he since I only knew 
Pen names...

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Coffee
By Samantha McCune

I am in love with Sami and she with me, 
My name is Coffee.
We meet in the early mornings and sometimes in the...

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Let me waste my breath
Scream this at the top of my lungs
Until my face turns blue
You'll never learn
I'll never learn
And I'll never disconnect this bad...

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Willy Nilly
by Michael R. Burch

for the Demiurge aka Yahweh and Jehovah 

Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly,
and now they sleep
in...

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You aren't the woman I saw,
back when I was little.
You seemed so strong,
I guess that is why I was shocked when you cried. 

I remember...

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You Never Listened
by Michael R. Burch
 
You never listened,
though each night the rain
wove its patterns again
and trembled and glistened...
 
You were not watching,
though each night...

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9/20/16


Not only talking about the tummy
When I say I'm hungry

Always grew up out in the country
Where there weren't always paved roads, it was dusty
And more...

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The Red Devil, Bronco Johnson in 75

I lived in Morningside, moved in a massage parlor girl
2 kids a Kangaroo dog and a white rat called...

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If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
-Michael R. Burch

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Willy Nilly
Michael R. Burch

Isn’t it silly, Willy Nilly?
You made the stallion,
you made the filly
and now they sleep
in the...

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the lonesom nights of wondering if people cared.
The dreary days, when u thought no one was there.
The threats of you saying you were ending your...

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when you get old enough,and are like me,you want to solve mysteries.
my oldman being the case,
very violent
never knew consequences for his actions.

his father protected him,spent...

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2/19/21



Among the dirt and grass
Near and far from curving paths
It's proven, I don't need to determine that
Many once thought, the Earth was flat
People so quick...

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No penality...(in Australia)
There is no penalty aint no penalty mate…
The old crim smirked and laughed out loud
As they sat with a beer and a steak
Do...

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