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    Menticide

    I Indiana Jones’d my depression withfake smiles and aggression. No spores of joy in sight to teach me counter lessons. To hell with the common. I lost interest to follow the herd,please sell me to the devil i’m about to summon. Nothing to...

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    • Powerfully penned, Drieks. This is a deep and profound piece my friend. Incredible write. Appreciate you.

      Damian

    • G’morning, Drieks 🌤️

      What a creative title, and that photo choice (with your pen name attractively laid) is sheer eye candy, perfectly setting the ambient mood for what’s to come.

      “To hell with the common.
      I lost interest to follow the herd,
      please sell me to the devil i’m about to summon.”

      Sometimes, nothing much appears to be what it seems … so, why not throw caution to the wind, live it wild ‘n free, the way so many would love to be!

      I truly admire your creative metaphors – with their vibrantly-vivid, emotive impact, and what conscientious poetess or poet could help but admire your spot-on line-breaks, the way you’ve utilized soft and exact rhymes to set rhythm and hold the reader’s interest with fascinating imagery throughout … obviously, NOT your first poetic rodeo.

      How relatably beautiful your pen’s voice speaks to the captive mind’s-eye, Drieks.
      Wondrously shared, Dear Poetess! ⁓ Richard🖌️

      • Hello Richard,

        Thank you so much for your beautifully worded response to my poem.
        It truly brings warmth to my heart.

        I hope to be just as talented in using the English language as you are one day!

        Again, thank you Richard.

        • Aw! 🤩

          Hi, Drieks,
          You’re so very welcome … it is my pleasure to read you, and I happen to seriously admire your own unique English turns-of-phrase.

          Hugs! ⁓ Richard🖌

    • The metaphor of “Indiana Jones-ing” through depression is brilliant, painting the struggle as a reckless adventure where survival is uncertain. The imagery of webs, eight-legged freaks, and sanity creaking creates a vivid sense of entrapment of a mind pushed to its limits. What stands out the most is the refusal to conform, the rejection of the common, the questioning of perfection. It’s a voice screaming against expectation, demanding to be understood rather than advised.

      • Thank you Paulo, for shining your light on this piece.
        You summarized it perfectly.
        Depression is a never ending adventure no one signed up for.

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    D. Dupont aka Dorothy Khan 1/2

    The door slammed behind me, indicating that the chief must have decided I was in the wrong and her incompetent rookie was in the right.“What the hell were you doing coming in the back way? You are no longer...

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    Womanizer

    I like to think that I’m the better kind of man.I like to think that I already kinda am.I know I’m not. Hell, not by a long shot.I pretend I am so I don’t end up single again. What is...

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    • Powerfully penned, Drieks. Thanks for sharing my friend. Appreciate you.

      Damian

    • I like how you repeat that couplet at the end. It wraps everything up in a neat package. This is a really cool piece with sociopathic undertones which catch my attention. I love an unreliable narrator. I love an evil genius. A lot of women do… the bad boy syndrome. Boys grow up to be devils. And girls… well, sometimes we invite them in.

      Nice piece!

      • I really appreciate you for shining your light on this.
        A man’s (in this case) internal struggle in such a situation has always intrigued me, yet is beyond alien to me at the same time.
        I love exploring my uncharted territory.

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    Play A Fool

    Close my eyes right before the impactStray bullets masked as fake applause Through all the pain my soul still intactFuck being perfect I embrace my flaws Takes more imagination than I possessTo pretend their intentions aren’t cruelInstead of knowing they made...

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    • You start out with the bullet. Damn
      This is powerful.

      • Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Fia. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I know how to make an entrance or introduction in this case. lol. Appreciate you.

        Damian

    • I agree with Fia. Very powerful write Damian.
      Thank you for sharing.

      • Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Drieks. So glad you connected with the write my friend. You’re welcome. Appreciate you.

        Damian

    • Ya know, I would love to sit down one day with a cup of coffee, a cat & a fire just to read your entire collection. You never…not once…disappoint, my friend

      • Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart such a cool and touching comment. Appreciate you.

        Damian

    • Sometimes life is like playing Russian Roulette. There’s truth in this.

      • Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Alexandria. So glad you connected with the write my friend. It sometimes seems that way, I wish it wasn’t. Appreciate you.

        Damian

    • We play Russian Roulette with our lives everyday. Sad but true. Powerful piece my friend.

      • Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Keith. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Unfortunately, that appears to be the case. Appreciate you.

        Damian

  • Amen to that.

    What kills love is not time but the hunger unfed, the fire untended, the body that forgets how to say yes.

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