Poem 7: Tongue in Cheek<\/p>\n
It’s really not the smoking
\nOr the unhealthy eating
\nThe opening ‘just one bottle’ every night
\nThe random, careless sex
\nThe liberating drugs
\nThe wild driving
\nThe daredevil in you
\nThat’ll bring you down, my friend. <\/p>\n
It’s your all-consuming, nagging fear
\nYour sense of trepidation
\nApprehension
\nPerturbation
\nAnxiety, foreboding,
\nThose niggles of disquietude.
\nThose will get you in the end. <\/p>\n
(c) Anne McMaster 2016 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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