In Ways They Stay Junkies Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

In ways they stay junkies,
To religious beliefs.
Bad diets they don't need.
And sights on heights,
They will never reach to achieve.

In ways they stay junkies,
To hopes and dreams...
Promised by schemers,
Marketing teases sold to commercialize...
Like at the movies on wide and flat TV screens.

In ways they stay junkies,
In ways they can not see to perceive...
Or believe to be released,
From the hold they grip that depletes them...
Until an overdose tricks them by the fixation of it.

In ways they stay junkies,
To all that has been fed.
To all that has been known to feast,
Without options from which to choose...
Or refuse if they knew of restrictions with set limits.