hooked
...Nicotine is making a comeback
analog cigarettes are making a comeback
so many students are nicotine positive.
Every girl has Zyn by her drink at the bar
which used to be seen as a BRO-y vibe.
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Categories:
placebos, humor,
Form: Free verse
SENIOR COMMUNITY DRUG OPERATIONS RAN BY DOMESTIC TERRORISTS DEALERS INC
...SNOW BIRDS HAVE A WHOLE NEW MEANING MASSIVE CRIMINAL CONVOYS TARGETING SENIORS THE CONVOY OF HASTE CORRUPT DRUG DEALERS ARRIVE TO FLORIDA TARGETING SENIOR COMMUNITIES TARGETING DISABLED AMERICANS MOS...
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Categories:
placebos, allah,
Form: Naat
Unpalatable
...Your smile used to light up my heart
like a spark of light.
And yet, love died in its shadow,
shrouded in pain.
The surface of trust
was somehow scratched;
and susceptible, it started t...
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Categories:
placebos, angst, anxiety, emotions, feelings,
Form: Verse
300,000 Unsmoked Ciggies
...three hundred thousand unsmoked fags
since i took the plunge and stopped
i did it cold turkey mates, suffered as
my nicci levels plunged and dropped.
no nicci patches,
no nicci chewing gum,
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Categories:
placebos, celebration, dedication, success,
Form: Rhyme
Covid Times
...hospitals overflow, all are helpless
fear of death enveloping other fears
covid threat challenging our core concepts
looking on, we can but wipe away tears
no cure exists, yet placebos vanish
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Categories:
placebos, dark, fear, light,
Form: Sonnet
Effete
...My dear Miss Peach how lovely!
Your table boasts so fair
You've chosen the finest bubbly
Best porcelain plates and crystal ware
Your handpicked guests are perfect
They know just what to say
T...
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Categories:
placebos, hyperbole, identity,
Form: Rhyme
How To Be a Doctor
...As retiring physician, allow me to give
Some suggestions on how to both doctor and live.
You have finally finished the studies required.
You're a doctor at last, but in debt deeply mired.
Wi...
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Categories:
placebos, career, caregiving, health, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
That Placebos Too Big To Swallow
...Cok the hammer, drop the blotter, And we will swim through muddy water
Just drop all your defenses, Don't build fences, blur your senses
Watch the corner, your my spotter, We'll walk right through ...
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Categories:
placebos, analogy, confusion, destiny, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Defining Happiness
...How would I begin to define happiness?
Am I the right scribe to ask?
I've struggled with depression longer than I haven't now
But I noticed something today
And it's not the first time I've noti...
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Categories:
placebos, introspection,
Form: Prose
Twenty-Seven Truths, Part I
...1. You have the illness you have always been fearful of. The cause is your fear. You will never sleep, and tea and yoga are only placebos. Welcome to hell.
2. You cannot evade exactly anything you...
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Categories:
placebos, meaningful, mental illness,
Form: List
And Thus, Silence Reigns
...A single word was all it took
To shatter my resolve and make me open a door
A single word I could only hear
Because I've been popping placebos for months
Blocked from your voice, but not your w...
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Categories:
placebos, abuse, moving on, strength,
Form: Prose
White Noise
...Living in the city
There are lots of urban joys,
But the one thing we put up with
Is an awful lot of noise.
Though we tune it out by habit
And just rarely come unglued,
There are nights when ...
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Categories:
placebos, city, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
Little Pills
...We are all too eager to place the little pills on our shaking tongues.
Academic idiots force their good intentions, as they lay in bed with corrupt chemical pushers.
Our TVs are inundated with ad...
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Categories:
placebos, addiction, angst,
Form: Free verse
Placebo
...The will of God, e'er take
me to my knees,
your Spirit, so astringent
cleansing, free!
Ne'er given to imply
a church of greed
attendance, and deny
as fate takes fee!
What is the Godly why
where the...
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Categories:
placebos, christian, miracle,
Form: Monorhyme
Baited
...that fish patiently wait
at interface of water and fate
burping bubbles for their troubles
water bugs and mosquitoes
unwilling, unsettling for nibbling placebos
acting on a deeper, more hungry drive...
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Categories:
placebos, betrayal, change, fish, fishing,
Form: Quatrain
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