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Never-ending
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Hurt and anger smoothed by brandy
Inner fears concealed by beer
Confidence from crystal crack pipe
And anxiousness becalmed by pot

Friday nights with fellow addicts
Overlooking how they got here
Denying well the cost they pay
Until they have to face the day

Shamed at all the lies they’ve told
Raging at their self betrayal
Looking at their tattered families
Hate the image in the mirror

Self-esteem like broken glass
Cuts into these wounded souls
Drives the urge to just feel better
Drives the urge to use again


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 Reviews of "Never-ending "
Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on October 8, 2006
I wonder if they really are shamed. Those addicts I've met and known boast and defy...never saw a bit of shame in them, until they cleaned up.

This is an excellent work...and timely.

Elizabeth

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on October 8, 2006
an eminently good poem traversing the pschological ramifications of addiction ...

Reviewed by Marguerite Lemoine
Reviewed on October 8, 2006
WOW What a description of what it is like. That is a sad way to live. God died for us, we must live for him. Marguerite

Reviewed by Gloria Gay
Reviewed on October 8, 2006
More poems such as this one should be written. They jolt us to the stark reality of how drugs and the abuse of alcohol affect in ways that often can never be repaired, destroying not only the abuser but the innocent lives in their care. This poem is a perfect mirror of addiction.

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on October 8, 2006
But who made them want this way of life? caring parentents who only cared what their friends thought about how well little Johnny is doing at eaton..Johnny only wanted to be a train driver....

Reviewed by Rusty Daily
Reviewed on October 8, 2006
Perfect description of self-defeating purpose.
Rusty

Reviewed by J M (Reader)
Reviewed on October 8, 2006
Sandi,

This one many can relate to.... You hit the maddening defeat in some at one point or another. a Powerful poem.

Peace,
Joselyn


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