Addicted to Poetry
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My favourite poet has been John Keats
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My favourite poet has been John Keats
His lyrical poems increase my heartbeats
It therefore came as a shock to hear
A new biography of his is about to appear
Which says that he was addicted to opium
A habit looked down upon with opprobrium
Writing verses for me is such a tedium
At high school I didnt study in English medium
My only encounter with drugs has been with mescalin
which had opened for Huxley the doors of perception
it did nothing of the sort to me perhaps an exception,
All that I saw was psychedelic colours in a glare
Of poetic inspiration, my brain remained bare
Remaining sober, I try to write nonsensical rhymes
Is it senility or perhaps it is a sign of the times