LOVE FIEND
i remember the happy days
i was a square
not yet hipped to the unreal
faraway place
the high
not yet acquainted with
violent peace
counterfeit serenity
it happened
i slowcooked the inevitable
praying one shot
wd not
ally me forever
to this unknown enemy
i shot the lovedope
into my heart
no vein cd be trusted
to receive so bold an injection
like they say
one shot is all u need
whatever u may have been
sinks
to the mere shadow of a thought
u have a habit
love is a habit
a habit to be kept up
it must be kept up
i try to change
i have a habit
i try to change
To wean my heart from
its vicious invader
my body cant control
insatiable longings
for her sole sustainer —
giving myself up
to this happiness impersonator
joy and ecstasy
sur passed by no thing
encompass my mindspirits
imprison my self
in a cell of perfection
once a square
i
merely human
have i the power to go back
to the loveless state i was in
to have nothing to depend on?
i do depend on this love
i am hooked…
March 1974
