Valium Poems - Poems about Valium

...The Symbolic Life Nine years old And picking candy Off the shelf at Woolworth. Two Tootsie rolls, and A Rolo, then a bite off of A wax bottle filled with sugar. Forty nine years old, And ......Read the rest...

...The value of books Late afternoon, the sun has left the terrace and is in the back throwing up dust before reluctantly slinking west and sinking into the sea beyond the seas. The townscape is......Read the rest...

...Every time I see you, you're more red and in the West I’m always anxious, you don’t seem to know the word exists It comes and goes, you always know, what’s lost will be replaced Here, I ruminate o......Read the rest...

...Why do I get lumbered with a nutcase on the bus? I’m craving peace and quiet, so I won’t make a fuss. But I don’t want to hear about his toenail collection, or that he must take Viag......Read the rest...

...The languid petals of addiction fall in a silent way; they do not scream or keen, but wrap insidious mind-vines around all that you are, soft as a smother of snow. And no one speaks of it, tongu......Read the rest...

...Written: June 25, 2023 ______________________________________________________________ We evolved toward the Zenith Ringers. While no daylight is expected, I am thrilled. With Bana......Read the rest...

...With a bag of spiders collected for my science project A fifth grader’s “Spiders Under The Influence” was the subject Got the idea from a book on the study by a zoologist Shifting the time when s......Read the rest...

...Pills have the opposite effect on me. Valium relaxes some. It keeps me awake for three days. Until I finally crash. I am not talking about a handful of valium. I am talking about one measly pill......Read the rest...

...Us introverted I had a snack bar I saw myself as the “Main Host” talking to people being verbose and popular something I was not patently cut out to be. On an opening day, I hoped no one would ......Read the rest...

...For 65 years, I had no need to be under the care of a doctor, nor was I ever on prescription medication except for dental issues. At 65, I went to see my assigned primary doctor, and after saying ......Read the rest...

...I am on the phone with Mrs. Kravitz. You remember her. Samantha's snoopy neighbor on the TV Show Bewitched. Oh, you weren't alive in the sixties? Follow along. Here is her dialogue. What is goi......Read the rest...

...Kitty Fluffy and her Thanksgiving plate Invited us to dine, yelling “Don’t be late!” Kitty was welcoming, her plate was absurd. We are having a twenty pound turkey, a hideous bird! That plate i......Read the rest...

...I’ll drink it down, neat in one go Drink it down, with nothing at all Straight up, knock it back Straight up, knock down the wall I don’t need, any mixers Diluted crap, don’t do it at all ......Read the rest...

...I stepped back onto the back of the chair, not the seat. Began screaming when I realized I was going down hard. My foot landed in six different directions. I yelled “Get the boss! Get co-workers! ......Read the rest...

...We label not only ourselves but others. Multiple personality, schizophrenic, bi-polar. Everyone fights for a seat at the Asperger table. We all want to become something special. Downing our val......Read the rest...