The pills I pop are not enough
To pop me out of here.
Addictions though prefer the pop
And that is what I fear.
Text: “Monotherapy” is a new word for me and I am not on any pills. I am linking this to dVerse Open Link Night. Toni is hosting.
Photo: I took this photo at Somme Woods Forest Preserve a few weeks ago.
I hear you, Frank. It is a real risk.
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A concise verse with so much meaning.
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Thank you!
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What is enough,you only know Frank. Very laconic. Thank you
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Thank you, Ben!
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love how you punctuated the poem with p sounds – alliterative addicts get high on such as these
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It is an addiction to alliteration! Thanks, Laura!
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its catching/catchy!
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Such power even in the brevity of your verse.. sigh.. Powerfully penned.
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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I like the contrast of taking pills to the natural cycles of life seen in the leaves. We cannot stop time with drugs. (K)
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There is a contrast between the leaves and the poem. Thank you!
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I sincerely hope you don’t pop Frank!
Anna :o]
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I hope not either! Thank you, Anna!
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rhyming! This issue of opioid addiction has swept this land by storm. Good poem, Frank.
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There are a lot of addictions. Some we acquire without realizing it. Thanks, Jane!
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Does it count if I’m addicted to pop? 🙂
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If by “pop” you mean carbonated beverages, it might be a desire for sugar. Thanks, Bryan!
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I fear the pills will see me out
they make me feel quite woozy
I’m popping more and more each day
supplied by some blonde floozy!
(not really Frank!)
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Very nice, Peter! 🙂
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Good one, Fank!
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Thank you, Nan!
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Lovely popping poem Frank! I pop pills every single day – and your poem speaks to me – there is a complex relationship in the act of pill popping – although there really is very little perky ‘pop-pop-popping’ to it!! But I shall try to infuse the sombre task with the memory of your poem :))
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Best wishes on all the pill popping, Shaista! As I think about it I do take vitamins which are in pill form, so I guess I do some popping myself as well. I hope those vitamins aren’t addicting.
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I’m blessed to not have to pop… it would be terrible to have such an addiction. That said some people really need their medicine, I have at least one friend who would have killed himself without them
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They can be useful. Thanks, Bjorn!
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Brilliant! the title and the poem.
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Thank you!
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You are welcome.
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Short and spunky ~ Have to be careful with those addictions ~
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Thank you, Grace! The potential addiction is what keeps me fearful of any sort of pill, but it occurred to me I do take vitamins. So I pop stuff as well.
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Frank, did my comment get lost, or deleted?
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I usually check the spam folder every day. I didn’t see anything from you there. This comment clearly made it.
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Indeed so true.
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Thank you, Imelda!
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Monotherapy…one disease, one pill. Seems addictions to the pills cause all kinds of diseases….i know too many, and yet, we are all addicted to something . i tell people, addict to healthy!
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I prefer being addicted to healthy as well. Thank you, Mary!
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Short, sweet and meaningful. Nice work Frank.
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Thank you, Pat!
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kaykuala
It requires strong will power in addition in most instances
Hank
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I try not to depend on my will power but that is the last defense. Thanks, Hank!
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Oh I am glad it’s fictional! Wonderful verse
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It is fictional. Although I do take vitamins which are in pill form that I forgot about when writing this. Thank you!
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We are on the same page here. Entirely.
Well expressed.
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Thank you, Susan!
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You said so much in so few words! Great poem, Frank.
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Thank you, Angela!
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My pleasure/
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And most everyone has an addiction or two … which might not have to be a pill. Hm.
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You are right. Pills are only one kind. Thank you, Colin!
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A PiLL Only to Cure Fear Surely
Not enough for the never Fill
Of Power Status And Other Goods
To Feel
The Monotherapy
oF Fearless Unconditional
Love to Cure Most iLLs as State
Even Nation BeinG Truly Free
iN
Thrive
oF WeLL BeinG..:)
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Fearless unconditional love could cure everything worth curing. Thanks, Fred!
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SMiLes mY
FriEnd For
Fearless
Unconditional
LoVE
iS
All tHat/wHo Feels
A Fill oF NoW ReaL aGaPE..:)
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