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Applied to Scratch
The itch is less than constant pain
not enough to cause a moan
but always there in misery
asking balm to cure the ill
that static humming on the nerves
stripped to wires sparking hot
the echoes sound at all times
a dirge to state illusion's cast
the glow perceived in manic flush
wishing less than consequence
perhaps the crowds can’t conceive
a state beneath that asks too much
at the price of sanity
a rage suppressed against the need
questing for the medicine
applied to scratch demanding deeds.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190831.
not enough to cause a moan
but always there in misery
asking balm to cure the ill
that static humming on the nerves
stripped to wires sparking hot
the echoes sound at all times
a dirge to state illusion's cast
the glow perceived in manic flush
wishing less than consequence
perhaps the crowds can’t conceive
a state beneath that asks too much
at the price of sanity
a rage suppressed against the need
questing for the medicine
applied to scratch demanding deeds.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190831.
Published 1st Sep 2019
Author's Note
The poem “Applied to Scratch” is about the low-grade hum of addiction asking for appeasement.
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