Twin Curse

Crossing the addictions

of body and soul

Delirium tremens

is taking its toll

Like Nitro and Glycerin

waiting to strike

Their coupling disastrous

all day into night

My spirit when willing

the flesh all too weak

Those few days I’m able

my willpower bleak

The detox not working

no cure comes my way

All food tastes like poison

these shakes here to stay

A bomb ticks within me

its fuse ever burns

Tomorrow a concept

long stolen unlearned 

With nerve endings fraught

and my body destroyed

These nightmare’s the worst

— when in daylight deployed

(Radnor Pennsylvania: September, 2025)