07-18-2016, 01:51 AM
Hennessy473, Thanks for reading and the comments.
Besides the one above
http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-19067.html
here are two other more serious poems about addiction that are less of a hammer to the head should you care to peruse them. I think they will supply you with, as you say "...some nuance, some ambiguity, maybe a little metaphor."
Charybdis and Scylla
A Deeper Cut
Best,
dale
RN,
Thanks, I understand what you are saying. I have extensive history on both sides of the equation. People who have to deal with the addict don't really care that it is a disease, they have to deal with the behavior; the lying, stealing, conning and so on. Eventually after years of hoping the Addict will "turn himself around" they can't take anymore. They're burned out. So the poem is from their perspective, however it is one rarely expressed, at least completely. So you could say it is their internal thoughts. I say this to explain the last two lines. Everyone knows where this is going to end, they've already buried the person any number of times when he ended up in ER almost dead. In their view the person has been trying to kill themselves for years, so when he does... (he or she)
dale
PS I do think the war on drugs is a major farce. It has changed the addiction rate 0%, however it has increased organized crime a thousand fold and greatly reduced individual freedom. Personally I think all recreational drugs should be sold just like alcohol, especially as most recreational drugs are less harmful than alcohol. One could say all, except that speed and coke can give you a stroke or a heart attack. However the truth is that more people die each year from over the counter pain relievers than all illegal drugs combined. Oh yeah I forgot, since 1973 when Nixon sign into effect the "Drug Omnibus Crime Bill" we have spent over a trillion dollars on the war on drugs, not to mention illegal seizures of property. This does not even account for all the money spent on prisons to house all these terrible drug addicts. Currently over 65% of people in prison are there on charges related to drug use, possession, or sales.
Besides the one above
http://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-19067.html
here are two other more serious poems about addiction that are less of a hammer to the head should you care to peruse them. I think they will supply you with, as you say "...some nuance, some ambiguity, maybe a little metaphor."
Charybdis and Scylla
A Deeper Cut
Best,
dale
RN,
Thanks, I understand what you are saying. I have extensive history on both sides of the equation. People who have to deal with the addict don't really care that it is a disease, they have to deal with the behavior; the lying, stealing, conning and so on. Eventually after years of hoping the Addict will "turn himself around" they can't take anymore. They're burned out. So the poem is from their perspective, however it is one rarely expressed, at least completely. So you could say it is their internal thoughts. I say this to explain the last two lines. Everyone knows where this is going to end, they've already buried the person any number of times when he ended up in ER almost dead. In their view the person has been trying to kill themselves for years, so when he does... (he or she)
dale
PS I do think the war on drugs is a major farce. It has changed the addiction rate 0%, however it has increased organized crime a thousand fold and greatly reduced individual freedom. Personally I think all recreational drugs should be sold just like alcohol, especially as most recreational drugs are less harmful than alcohol. One could say all, except that speed and coke can give you a stroke or a heart attack. However the truth is that more people die each year from over the counter pain relievers than all illegal drugs combined. Oh yeah I forgot, since 1973 when Nixon sign into effect the "Drug Omnibus Crime Bill" we have spent over a trillion dollars on the war on drugs, not to mention illegal seizures of property. This does not even account for all the money spent on prisons to house all these terrible drug addicts. Currently over 65% of people in prison are there on charges related to drug use, possession, or sales.
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.