Respect the dead

Jimmie.....dead 
Tom.....rehab 
Dave...divorced ...and on the run 
so many of them 
gone now 
Steve..the carpel tunnel fiasco cost him a claw 
man his pallet is genius 
I use him now 
as a talking dictionary of favors 
because he has the same affliction I have 
and that is why he loves it 
and I love it 
and that is why we do it 
there can be 
no other reason 
we give up 
so much for it 
and it will eventually kill us all

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Great dance of words and thoughts my friend.
"and that is why he loves it
and I love it
and that is why we do it "
I liked the above lines. Honest, true and direct. Thank you Terry for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[poison&kerosene]

This is absolutely beautiful! The story is illustrated so beautifully. I love the way that you can take your affliction as drugs or writing. It sounds like a combination of the two. I look forward to reading more of your writing!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

writing is like a drug...to me...and maybe it will kill us in the end, but i fear rehab even more than that death.
j.