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Hedonists Headstone

Hedonists Headstone

Each velvet drip
Every warming sip
Time slips torturously by...
 

Incarcerated by habit
Crudely engraving granite
Chips and fragments fly...

Thick winter rain 
Crippling abdominal pain 
Patiently waiting to die... 

The cool, smooth
headstone of the hedonist
Reflects eerily in moonlit sky...

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Djangos Daughter

Brilliant write Syd. Evokes the life and slow death of an alcoholic with poetic beauty:-
"Each velvet drip
Every warming sip
Time slips torturously by"
Deftly portrayed. Kudos. DD X  

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Syd

Thank you DD. Sorry for the very late reply.

- Syd 

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