by fuck
i think
that maybe
i could handle a cigarette
just one
dunno why
just sudden and now
it's nagging and gnawing
at me
it's gagging and clawing
in me
the ghost of another
long gone addiction
a modern day affliction?
post psychic friction
dunno
but i could handle a dart
i could really cop a smoke
just a quick puff
and now my revulsion
is manifesting
into the physical
i can feel it waiting
in and behind me
but then
my body rebels
it knows in its gut
that gut feeling
an urge and a surge
and i know
if i did
i would just
puke everywhere
About the Creator
Bren
"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa
"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend
Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler
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Comments (6)
Just saw the buyers guide at the end! Lol. This was ..well, the feelings of any kind of addiction past or present. “i can feel it waiting in and behind me” - 👏 Truer words were never spoken. 🚬
This was so intense! Perfect protrayal of addiction!
After 30 years, I still get a little twinge of craving for my [tobacco] pipe now and then. Well written!
That's a great description of the feeling of addiction.
Where's the "say no to smoking" sign when you need it!? Haha
Well I read this just like you described that gnawing feeling, lol! Could not stop! Damn, this bit: "the ghost of another long gone addiction a modern day affliction? post psychic friction dunno" Like a phantom limb.