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Withdrawal Syndrome
Yes, I'm high.
But not on coke or marijuana or heroin.
I'm high on all these black lettered words,
Sprawled generously on the papers and boards.
Yes, I hallucinate.
But not the type in which you lose your head.
I see Harry Potter, Alice and Scarlett O'Hara
dueling the Red Queen on the fields of Tara.
Yes, I'm addicted.
But I don't drink, snort or smoke.
I inhale these stories through my brown irises
And pour them into my brain where intoxication flourishes.
And when my verbal drugs exhaust...
A blissful withdrawal syndrome engulfs me;
Feet off the ground,
I start traveling my life
On a train of thoughts.
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