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CITY POET
Once addiction sets in
There is no stopping it
You become a serial killer
Attacking the keyboard at will
Your mind works in shifts
Strange creatures live inside your head
Show no mercy
Give no ground
Force your fingers to do their bidding
Writing down their thoughts
In your loose-leaf notebook
The city is your slaughterhouse
Like a wife it accommodates your moods
Doesn’t seem to mind
Your giving her a bad name
Leaves you hungry like a vampire
To lap up your own blood
On nights when blood transfusions
Are not enough
About the Author: A.D. Winans is an award-winning San Francisco poet and writer. Awards include a 2006 PEN National Josephine Miles Excellence in Literature Award. His work has been published and translated in several languages. From 1972 to 1989 he edited and published the acclaimed Second Coming Magazine. The author of many poetry and prose books.
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