Drinking for comfort, f*****g for food

A take on a single mums plight

Four different fathers
a monochrome brood
drinking for comfort
and f*****g for food.
Best before blow jobs
use before shags
payment in polythene
half empty bags.
Laying and lying
but only to self
shop soiled, outdated,
left on the shelf

Reviews

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

What people do sometimes looking for a place to feel loved and belong- sadness as it’s self destruction but each has a path to walk- pray people learn to love themselves no matter where they come from- very direct and full of passion and truth- great words- make people think🌹

[Gee]

Fleetingly perhaps. Thank you

[Prismgirl]

Raw and powerful. Good read.

[Gee]

Cheers.......

[O'Musings]

deep, dark, honest. Powerfully poignant

[Gee]

Cheers, reflects the estate I lived on

[O'Musings]

sadly for some this is their reality .. thankfully it has never been mine ..

[Gee]

If it's what you know you know no different

[O'Musings]

no judgement at all . I wish we ALL lived in a world of no suffering, abuse, poverty , disease, homelesssness , rape, terror .. the sad reality is that people do expereince this day in day out

[Chris]

Eating is a hell of a habit to break... we survive as we must and just sometimes share fingertips softly holding a hand that understands what a hug can mean.

[Gee]

Being held without expectation, didn't happen much in the street of 1 parent families I was raised in.
Thanks for the RR Chris

[Chris]

I know Gee... but sometimes hope gets answered...

[Stacy Purvis]

Oh my god. Ha! Well, there you have it, I suppose. Interesting, fun read.

[Gee]

Thank you..

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Hits hard, straight and true on the point. This jaunty flowing piece is full of pathos Gee.

[Gee]

Thank you John

[Norah]

Right to the point!
It was a sad poem to read but it was filled with so many true emotions I can tell.

[Gee]

Thank you..

[SJ Mullins]

This piece was hard for me to read but we do what we have to do to survive. It's sad to me that women are put in this position. It should not be this way. A bittersweet write for me but brutally honest. Well done!

[Gee]

Thank you..

[SJ Mullins]

You are most welcome!

[DarkArtz 0703]

damn makes me think about how much we take for granted this is a F***ed world

[Gee]

Tis more prevalent than many think.
Thank you

[DarkArtz 0703]

no thank you for writing this piece

[FJ Davis]

Devastating portrayal of a depraved existence.
Incredibly sad!

[Gee]

Aye, more common than we'd like to believe. Cheers

[Joshua Carl Cruz]

I'm using discovery and it seems to keep putting me into contact with you like it knows something I don't. As for this and as well with the others your rhyme scheme is tight, the imagery is there, and more often than not I enjoy the hell out of them. So, I have to ask about the with best before part. Do you need with? Is it an instructive label on the bag? Usually like milk it starts best by yada yada or best before such and such date. Ditch the with is my critique my man, feels unnecessary. Otherwise, carry on!

[Gee]

Hmmm, perhaps Discovery is a sadist !!!
Change made, thank you, and thank you for reviewing.