Short Rehab Poems

Haris Sultan,
Bahawalpur Multan.....

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Warning signs derange
Why we rehab drug users
If we do not change....

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Trees at conference
promoted plant tree cut tree campaign
rehab a dirty world...

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Since the death of his wife in auto-crash,
alcohol is part of him,
needs to go for rehab....

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Join hands with don to inject drugs..
Cat wants to guard milk from who???
Note.Big Game???...

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I once had a Lazy Susan
Adding confusion to choosin'
I gave her a spin
But never could win
And that's why I turned to boozin'...

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You will understand,
When your kids are in rehab
And you can not sleep.
You can try to blame
Everyone else for it,
Or reap what you sow!...

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Paint my eyes black, blind me.
Rip my nails off, unarm me.
Place me with those just like me.
Try months to rehabilitate,
the lost and untimely....

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“One time I smoked pot behind a bush, and then I didn’t talk to anyone for 4 years.” 

-Shane G. 
Former roommate at my 6th drug and alcohol rehab...

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Tun teka menu laya
Pinda dukan tay aya
Tun vich meray paya
Nashy da adi banaya
Vich pa pa pa zalima vay
Me thak gai ahn ahn ann
Mein ak gai annnh......

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I’m telling you this, it’s no rumour -
Some people knock my sense of humour 
So I’ve ordered a cab
To take me to rehab
With poetry I’m a late bloomer!

5/14/18...

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Rehabilitation from taking second and third glances,
From being enamoured with rust
And letting love turn to dust
Insisting it’s the real thing.
I’m learning real love can’t be downloaded....

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Rehab made me angry.

Lots of people were doing exercises.

I had a wheelchair, and I was not doing any.

I need you to do six of these.

No.  I said; I did not feel like being helpful....

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Squeeze a little tighter 
the therapist said at the rehab  
a tear drop fell at the corner 
of her eye 
as she smiled  



For Julia Ward’s Rehabilitation contest.
Written May 25th 2018....

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REHABILITATION

In 1965 I started
In 1982 I finished rehab 
Today I'm teaching others
Life is better in recovery
Come Celebrate Recovery with me

12 May 2018
For the contest sponsored by Julia Ward...

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Life shaken
Drugs taken
Pills inside
Love denied
Life rotten
Wife forgotten
Pride forsaken
Children taken
Life lost 
Such a cost

© Dave Timperley 2011
inspired by work in a drug rehab unit 2006...

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FLOWERS DIDN'T BLOOM

Partitioned country’s ground lost
Uprooted, we drifted unwanted
Searching alien land for rehab,
Grew frail roots
But flowers didn’t bloom.

May 15, 2018....

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Bums are yummy as they swing back and forth
Course I talkin' bout ladies, I have it on good source
Much preferred by us gents
For bums, we're hell-bent
Like a drug, now in rehab but much better, of course...

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Bums are yummy as they swing back and forth
Course I talkin' bout ladies, I have it on good source
Much preferred by us gents
For bums, we're hell-bent
Like a drug, now in rehab and much better, of course...

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Bums are yummy as they swing back and forth
Course I talkin' bout ladies, I have it on good source
Much preferred by us gents
For bums, we're hell-bent
Like a drug, now in rehab but much better, of course...

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Fall is friend of hold
the harvest
Winter friend of hope
So cling to heart
Spring friend of heart
Rehab and rehearse
Summer friend of hand
No scarcity
So forget the heart
Where?
where so the heart
to the hand
to hold the hope...

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Bums are yummy as they swing back and forth
Course I talkin' bout ladies, I have it on good source   
Much preferred by us gents
For bums, we're hell-bent
It's a drug, now in rehab but much better, of course...

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I died
And when I awoke
All the women were tall
Wearing sweats
Had their hair up
Cursing
Smoking menthol cigarettes
They say god loves babies and fools
There are babies out there
And fools in here

chris lampton
1-24-15...

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He told me look back at it 
Got him comin back like a crack addict 
He says he's got a craving 
Body aching
Hands shaking 
He's a fiend for it 
Plot and scheme for it 
He gets what he gets 
Still throws a fit 
He can't quit 
He's got it bad 
Rehab...

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Total humiliation
Finally hit rock bottom
Knew it was time to ask for help
Waiving the white flag in desperation

Rehab crew, take me I’m yours



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on May 16, 2018 for REHABILITATION POETRY CONTEST sponsored by JULIA WARD...

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