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Do you feed your demons?
Don't. Self-Reflective and inspirational poem
By Paul StewartPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
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Do you feed your demons
When they're lurking
In your mind's eye
With open arm welcome
Like an old friend
Comfortable, deadly
Familiar, unsteady
Yet...welcome home
Do you feed your demons
When they're lurking
Instead, just stop
Starve and dehydrate
Then send then packing
lubricated in petrol
Immolate until ashes
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Paul Stewart
Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.
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