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Prose Challenge of the Week #39: Write a piece of poetry or prose about addiction. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
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Megalomaniac

It's a fact, He has a condition, an inability to build resistance, a man who just can't cope. How difficult it is to control the compulsion, of what has become the disordered state of life - what's the grunge term they use today, 'that's so dope'. The cluster of behaviours that formed the grey sky, don't ask yourself why, look to the syndrome of codependency clouds. On observation they reference the habituation in him, & give it a label that calls it addiction - he had caught the mental madness bug. Such is the cognitive phenomenon that dominates & controls him, how he just can't let go', another waste of a life. Mapped out on the face & etched in the lines the impairment runs deep - oh how it shows; it disturbs his sleep, chronic is whats been done, the damage beyond repair, for him it does not matter, he has no sense of care. His drug of choice always promises a short trip to heaven, but in reality keeps him in a state of hell. The daily struggle to overcome, to heal & be well.