Having recently watched a television program about drug abuse – wherein a sense of hopelessness, addiction and mental health issues pervaded – I wrote this poem in collaboration with my soulmate, Penny Granger, an accomplished Poetess and beautiful woman…

Shadows crawl at night
Hungry dogs growl by the door
Junkies stumbling
Faded high, now quest for more

It’s never enough
As zombies tread the fringe
Dying for a fix
Dirty spoons and a syringe

© 2025 Phil Perkins

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Jesus Children of America, by Stevie Wonder (1973) – see lyrics here.