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My problems pregnant with each other
like a Russian doll
Solve them all, I could not, Dead end, I thought-
For, further I could not go-
Met the mother of them all
Dear ole Mrs Alcohol
That almost took my fickle soul
A pursuit that went up in smoke.
A blind bloke broke the yoke;
Hope for breath to a breath of hope
Not remotely enough-to cure the pain.
The smoky puff of Mrs Mary Jane;
Last we spoke, she let me choke
In my grave of fume, dancing with doom.
Not addicted- I would be proving
Only to suckle on Mrs Ibuprofen
‘It is just a way to heal…It is just a little pill’
And another one and another one
Down my throat until I was almost done
The three calls were not fun.
Find better ways under the sun
Open letter to my teenage son.

 

This Poem was published in the February 2025 edition of the WSA magazine. Please click here to download.

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