Addiction

Addiction

A Poem by Jason van Dongen
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In this poem I employ a seductress as a metaphor for drug addiction. Please review.

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Behind tinted guise her luminous eyes
Hint at a seductive well of lies;
He is conflicted.

'Come unto me, and you will see,
There is no easier path for thee.'
He's been inflicted.

'Come hither, stranger. There is no danger.'
Wary, fool! You cannot change her.
But he's afflicted.

The foolish come; the weak, the dumb,
All come thronging to be numbed.
And he's addicted.

© 2014 Jason van Dongen


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Added on January 29, 2014
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Jason van Dongen
Jason van Dongen

Albany, Western Australia, Australia



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