Codeine Poems - Poems about Codeine

your love was pure pure like fire ephemeral and fleeting and bore a desire now lost and broken contemptuous of what's cheapened I dream of illusions though I am not sleeping your love was ephemeral illusive or illusionary like daydreams my love was craven unsure imasculine or maybe just craving now lost and contemptuous of being cheated by promises I made myself nightmares that stop me from sleeping and thoughts of...

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Codeine, my Codeine Codeine, my Codeine Why must you be so small? If you were any smaller I'd not see you at all I've lost you in the shag-pile rug And underneath the bed If I keep on losing you I'll take Ibuprofen instead...

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Almost everyone who came back from Korean War plays Piano now. All around that lounge were cognac glasses being used for tip jars. The customers were either runaways-fugitives or here for a cheap getaway. Red could play Piano for days hooked on saltines and codeine. After the evenings set Red new it was back to the sidewalk laying next to a warm cup...

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The sky shatters with a crack like dawn breaking in early Swelled nostrils Senses sharpened and blurred The jezabel wind scatters the flame as I go to ash out the window Codeine river in my mind The moon shines from behind heavy clouds toward the end of twilight The hazy self elclosed by noise as the world expands Codeine river, take my mind Codeine river, take me away Codeine river, elixer of damnation Feeling...

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I figured they were kings. After all what's a king to do At a party where the guests had Bad breath and rain splattered invitations. By the way, They looked like giants by the mantel. Swirling a wine glass never Held a tune quite like this. I watched a drunk old man Attempt to swivel his way Into a date rape drug based...

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