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What Inspires an Addict?

A Poem by The Things She Noted

I find that inspiration fuels my addiction Because I am only seductive when I am sedated And my words look so much better When I say them slurred..

Seat At My Table

A Poem by The Things She Noted

I can’t stand you but would you sit with meA seat at my tableNow that’s hard to come by because I’m always playing musical chairs wi..

Phone Booth Philosophy

A Poem by The Things She Noted

I tried calling you today from the pay phone by the lakeThe phone booth was graffitied in childlike writingProfanitiesI tried calling you with hands s..

Eying Envy

A Poem by The Things She Noted

She met me in the cafeLate noonThough we said earlyI’ve sat waitingIt no longer upsets meEmbarrassingBut okay, understandingI know she’ll ..

Aggravated Aging

A Poem by The Things She Noted

My fear of growing old consumes my waking thoughts The white of the sun cream seeping into my skin Have my pores become bigger? The wide brimmed..

Cemetery Sadness

A Poem by The Things She Noted

Driving through the cemetery on the lake shore does me no goodYet here I amSeated in my car on a cold January’s dayWindows down slightlyWhatever..

Heavy Heaving

A Poem by The Things She Noted

I wrote this after my dear uncle had passed, whom I will miss forever - holding him close.

If I Go

A Poem by The Things She Noted

And if I goBefore you believed was my timeFind peaceAnd understandingIn my consciousness of what it meant to be aliveAnd though I lived a lifeWhere su..

Proper Planning

A Story by The Things She Noted

Not sure if this is a story or poem - u decide!!

Simple Summer

A Poem by The Things She Noted

Running across the streetBusied with carsDriven by the boys who honk your wayImpatient in movingImpatient in growing upLaughing as you run with your f..