Re: The Madness Of Dockery

> Edward Rochester Esq. wrote:
> Poetry be damned in this poetry place,
> daily bombarded with Dockery this and that,
> but it is sad given enough thought;
> madness runs close to each breath he takes.
> 
> An addict is always an addict,
> clean and sober or not, addicted to yourself,
> as Dockery is, can never be shaken,
> cold sweats until the coffee swallow,
> until the first post and every post
> written during the day and night.
> 
> Taken away, this place he calls home,
> surely the shakes would take over.
> 
> Proof?
> 
> All the groups he has been associated with,
> an easy glide at first, until it shows,
> that monkey on his back and then the sneers,
> argued by the man himself, the man close to breakdown.
> 
> It will not be long before the challenged brother dies,
> the check is no longer. I am aware there is something
> in social security..'94 or 6...must be the pizza job
> and then what, for our poet in name only?
> 
> The son(s) will rescue?..the daughter?
> 
> Doubtful.
> 
> It is tent city for our Perky man...and what of Dunce
> when his poet is no longer.
> 
> A new breed is here, strange they all pat Fat man on the back,
> with applause from the hobo.
> 
> I must admit, the show is inviting, the madness swelling
> as we await another post of another ancient poem or song,
> stale being the word now.
> 
> It must be misery being addicted to yourself
> with no outlet but a poetry group gone sour.
> 
> A life wasted.




Nailed it!


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