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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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South Louisiana

0 posted 2017-12-11 03:54 PM



Holding Adored gently,
like a promise untold.
She lay in my arms
like perfumed tissue paper,
weightlessly.

My Adored, my life,
nothing but skin and bones.
Pictures of Auschwitz
survivors fill my head
looking down at her.

My Adored was free,
oh, is she free to die?
The man who first shoved
the needles into her arms
is a monster.

He died quickly by my hand.
Such a shame. Adored
has been dying for months.
Heroin is a grinning,
soul-stealing destroyer.

©October 13, 2017 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

© Copyright 2017 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
Bluesy Socrateaser
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since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417
In The Mirror
1 posted 2017-12-11 07:53 PM


Drama in each stanza...painful drama.

...just bein' Bluesy

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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South Louisiana
2 posted 2017-12-11 08:29 PM


Thank you, Blue, I appreciate your kind remarks

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
3 posted 2017-12-11 08:36 PM


Great theme and emotion! It really has been devastating areas of the US. My neck of the woods they tell me is known for meth. Both are horrible and so addictive. Glad to see you posting. ~L
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
4 posted 2017-12-11 08:47 PM


Thanks Lori, I'm sorta easing back into posting. Back in tha day I tried it on a couple of occasions. Wasn't for me. It was a downer, and my specialty was speed. Anyway, thank you for your generous comments.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Poet In Pink
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Posts 1066
MI
5 posted 2017-12-12 09:35 PM


Perfectly penned Jerry...Such a sad and devastating reality in today's world ~ Nice to read from your pen   Alana
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
6 posted 2017-12-18 08:00 PM


Thank you Alana, I've been offline for a week. I appreciate your thoughts on my poem.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

ethome
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since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
7 posted 2018-03-29 08:51 AM


This one says a lot that's for sure.....


Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

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