the usual urge for some glory in my life hitting the vein
I fall asleep a dog put down
afterwards the melancholy bruise of having nobody
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 16 May 1664.
Dave Bonta's "Junkie" is a very short poem about the cycle of craving, relief, and emptiness. It starts with a "usual urge for some glory," a wish to feel important or alive, and then the needle "hitting the vein." The poem sets the two side by side, so the hunger for glory and the hunger for the…
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