Poem: The Addicts

Carmen might not be coming back.
Her evil twin remains.
Full of piss, bullshit, and vinegar,
in the body of my Love.
Spewing filth from every orifice.
What happened to the woman I love?

She's still in there.

Locked and silently screaming for escape
from her Lake-Prison of Bile.
Freedom from the Addict who confines her.
The Addict with no respect for me,
The Addict who lies,
The Addict who hides,
The Addict who whores others for drugs;
because She can.
The Addict I will not let step on me
any more.

If my Lover breaks free,
I'll welcome her home,
but take more Abuse from her twin,
I will not.
I value myself again.
I Love myself, again.
Traded places with my Addict,
keeping him locked up deep inside
(He still gets out sometimes, in truth).
Though he will never die,
I pray to Light,
he'll never control me again.

That goes for her Addict, too,
and every other Addict on Earth.
Because We all act the same.
For all we know,
they could all be the Same:
One giant octopus Addict,
working through us all.
Who knows?

I know this, though, now.
Love is a happier Life
than slavery.
I hope one day she'll join me.

List: MY Bum/Lunatic/Drug Addict Movies!

[My Movie Picks for Good Movies about the Bum/Lunatic/Addict Life! Not in Order.]

1) Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Oh yessss!)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090966/

2) Trading Places
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/

3) Basketball Diaries (Good book, too. Based on a true story.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112461/

4) Drugstore Cowboy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097240/

5) Barfly
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092618/

6) The Big Lubowski (Of Course)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/

7) Naked Lunch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102511/

8) Oliver Twist (Still valid today on the streets...)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040662/

9) Le Miserable (Ditto)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119683/

10) Easy Rider (OF COURSE)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064276/

11) The Fisher King (Quite Accurate Portrayal by Williams...)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101889/

12) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (The Bible)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/

13) Basquiat (Not all Bums are so Lucky, most go to jail for vandalism)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115632/

14) I Shot Andy Warhol (Valerie knows what it's like)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116594/

15) Crazy People (Okay, it's fun)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099316/

16) The Lost Weekend (Sometimes it happens...)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037884/

17) Wise Blood (Not a bum, but a searcher all the same)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080140/

18) The Dream Team (More crazy fun!)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097235/

19) The Devil's Rejects (Oh yeah)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395584/

20) Strange Brew (They are Bums, right?)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086373/

21) Shakes the Clown (Kinda a bum, at least an Alchi. Get it, "Shakes?")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102898/

22) Sante Sangre (My family life in metaphor)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098253/

23) Holy Mountain (My spiritual path in metaphor)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071615/

24) Wall-E (The picture of Fat, Lazy, society is very accurate)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/

25) Life Stinks (I wish!)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102303/

26) Sid and Nancy (Too glamoris, needs more vomit, still pretty good)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954/

27) Down By Law (Fuck, yeah!)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090967/

28) Man Facing Southeast (It's True!)
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm451252992/tt0091214

29) State Property 2 (Realistic-ish)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403537/


Honorable Mention
1) Traffic (Drugs, yo, for real)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181865/

2) Clerks (boredom culture)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/

3) Party Monster (yes, this happens)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320244/

4) Bad Santa (not all criminals are all bad, truly)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/

5) Breakfast Club (That slacker guy you know is going to be a Bum)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/

6) 12 Monkeys (I feel it)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/

7) Repo Man (Lots of poor people)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087995/

8) Real Genius (that one guy who lives on campus at 40 is a great bum idol)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089886/

9) Broken Flowers (that's life, really)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412019/

10) Dumb and Dumber (they're bums, come on)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109686/

11) American Splendor (He's very poor, and realistic)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/

12) The Craft (Hokey, but hey, it happens)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115963/

Dishonorable Mention

1) Annie (You Wish!)