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Scheherzacade - Điverse 1- Addiction

My Dante's Inferno poem set in video game and comic culture. Like 4 more.

By Donald SledgePublished 5 years ago 1 min read
Scheherzacade - Điverse 1- Addiction
Photo by Thomas Despeyroux on Unsplash

Living in a final fight like Cody

Without a single ounce of codeine

In my system and my system lacks coding

The way I'm wired has been mismatched

But you can't fix that it all remains within my cache

To correct a mistake that's way too grave

When you can't reboot, stand by, or save

Makes you a slave, in a mascarade

Or like a game meant to be played by a joystick

Hoisted, high above your enjoyment

As voices forfeit boisterous noises

That rarely results in some rejoicing

Due to a cast of outcasts that really don't speak

because this caste is incomplete

No contest, no one competes

but as I move so does the ground beneath

attempting to catch up with time even

if I was Reed it was still beyond my reach...

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Donald Sledge

A lover of all things creative, If I could live forever, I'd decline, I'd rather just make the most of my time.

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