When did you last feel like quitting?

Question: When did you last feel like quitting!?

Buckled over screaming
not the way the day
was planned
Over-stressed and dreaming
biding time until
the bluebird lands
Swollen lip and split tongue
urine soaked
smoke stained lung
hack hack
newspaper mattresses
tossing back the day's
suffrage with warm half beers
alley fortresses
can't keep the roaches encroach
and we react
by warming the gullet
again!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Giving up is giving in
the ring of failure
follows me like a shadow
every step
could be my last
sirens rush like
sharks to prey
death falls
morning is lost
giving up is giving in

~?DLM?~

Answer: Quitting is one thing !.!.!.changing is another!.
I hope you enjoyed my poem as much as I enjoyed yours!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are times I am not sure I like you very much!. Your words and images can hit too close to home, too close to my own fears!.
sigh!.

just had a thought, as always take it or leave it!. Suggest substituting 'avoid' (or stop) for "!.!.'keep' the roaches!.!.!." Poetic license allows the line but I wonder if it might 'improve' the flow of the eye!. I hesitate to even make the suggestion to be honest!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A very visual poem engaging all the senses!. You have a unique ability, poetic and spiritual!. I had a professor of literature once who said, "Don't be afraid to state the obvious!." Trouble is, most people shy away from the obvious, while you turn it into superb poetry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well done, poet!. I agree encroach should be made into a participle, i!.e!., encroaching, since it does not seem to work as a gerund, bastardization notwithstanding!. You really do have a style befitting Bukowski!. A side of Mr!. Panarchy that I hope will continue to evolve!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Buk: What's wrong, TD!?
TD (short of breath): I've been running from the law!.
Buk: The Poetry Police!?
TD: Who elected that guy, anyway!?
Buk: This is not a democracy!.
TD: Huh!?
Buk: That's right!. On Yahioo!Answers, anybody can setup a puppet state and dictate from on high!.
TD: You think the guy gets high!?
Buk: You know what they say, "Cops keep the good stuff!."
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the dark alley
is of no color
flowers dead with
the cawing of the crow
each breath
filled with the stench
of man's filth
like a sun-dried bottle of beer!.!.!.

and so i sit
in this darkness i ponder
wonder!.!.!. what's the point
of battling the boogeyman!.!.!.

!.!.!.!.for sweet dreams in this dark alley!.!.!.
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i shall never feel the urge or temptation to drink again!
ah!.!. poetry does this to people, especially when its exceptionally well written!. actually for some reason i found some aspects of the poem quite humorous!.anyway let me get to the point, great poem!
and yes, thanks for sharing:DWww@QuestionHome@Com

Let's see!? it started August 8, 2001, the last day I worked because of disability, and is still actively in progress as I answer your question, Buc!
( Not quitting, like walking off the job, but quitting, like giving up on life, in general!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's very sad Buk!. I feel like quitting all the time but I keep going on!. That's what we have to do in life is to keep going on!. No matter what happens!. Quitting is for losers and I don't feel like losing right now!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Stark reality, of a severe addiction, and the struggle with self!.
"Newspaper mattresses" would that be street people!?

Kudos!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Last night!.

Nice poem, Buk!. You really do have a way with words!. You seem to catch the essence of a homeless drunk while at his bottom!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That brings back those memories that keep me straight after years of slips,I've now 8 years of sobriety one day at a time!.God's in charge and I'm so blessed!.Thank you kindly for the reminder!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

you are a man of many talents!. never stop!. the poem tells me that you had a ruff time of it last night!. eat that warmth!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Great visuals here, but I'm struggling with the line " Can't keep the roaches encroach!.!." !. Just can't seem to make it make sense!?

Otherwise a good read!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Elaine's answer was all I would say, but she said it more eloquently!.

I feel like quitting more often that I should, I am ashamed to admit!.

ma

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You make me aware of the suffering of others and the lack of mine own!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Another Buk MasterpieceWww@QuestionHome@Com

I can hear the clinking of the bottles!.!.up the stairs as I read!.!.and the disdain!.!.he feels in his life!.!.!.ewww!.hot beer!.!.gross!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I left a bag of ice under the stairs!.kick back and chill!.Help is on the way!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nive Buk, just plain nice!. And don't I wish I could just quit!. LOLWww@QuestionHome@Com

Truly dark!.!.Dark reality! Well done!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I feel so dumb! Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nothing east about the Big Easy streets this morning!.!.!.You see!.!.!.others wonder, but you see!.!.!.TY Www@QuestionHome@Com

its okay Buk, *hands u a bagel* ? everee bodee feels liek that once in a whiel!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Marco!.!.!.!.!. make it a cold one !

Edit: Damn German waiters!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Buk i just dont know what to say,!.!.!.!.!.!.!.um,!.!.yep,!.!.!.
keep it up!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.xWww@QuestionHome@Com

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