March 21, 2010

Daily Poem 17: Recidivism

By writewithlightning

I saw red gerberas, and as always

I suffered from recidivism; slid

Down, down a snake of board games on the lawn

And kisses in the creek and freezing nights

On an old cot beneath the twisting stars.

re·cid·i·vism

[ri-sid–uh-viz-uhm]

–noun
1.  repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
2.  Psychiatry. the chronic tendency toward repetition of criminal or antisocial behavior patterns.

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