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Beschreibung
This is a collection of poems written during my teens and early twenties, when addiction was at its most intimate. The poems move between sobriety, relapse, and the uneasy thresholds in between; where hope and fear coexist. The writing is unapologetically inward. Many of the poems orbit the self: its pain, its grandeur, its urgency to be witnessed. Read now, they can resemble narcissistic records of suffering, yet they also reveal an early self-awareness, like a recognition of that self-absorption, and an inability to stop documenting it anyway. Whether this intensity belongs to youth, addiction, or both is left unresolved. An unintentional religious undertone runs throughout, particularly Christian language of guilt, judgement, and self-surveillance. I was not religious at the time and am even less so now. Rereading these poems suggests those motifs were inherited rather than chosen, shaped by a childhood where individual pain was discouraged unless it served the collective. Taken together, these poems are less a performance than a record. They document a mind trying to survive itself, oscillating between insight and denial, arrogance and collapse: before balance, distance, or forgiveness were possible. Contents. Dreams. 15 A Dreamer at School. 16 Try-Hard. 17 Blossoming. 18 The Gambler. 19 Gone Finishing. 20 Rooting. 21 Move Mountains. 22 "Believe it or Not, It's Just Me" The Greatest American Heron Theme song. 23 On Behalf of Misfits Everywhere. 25 What I Know. 26 Be Beautiful. 27 The Maddest Vigilante. 28 Freedom Writer. 30 People Like Me #3. 31 Pick Your play. 33 Ndezvenyu (That's your problem, that's a you problem). 35 Why Role Models are important. 36 Grit #1. 37 Courage: Know it, & know it well. 38 A Soldier's Tale. 39 Grit #2. 40 Baton. 41 I Will Change the World. 42 Don't Suffer Fools. 43 Not Afraid. 45 The Ascension: You cannot take everybody with you. 46 Becoming: A prayer. 47 Kids Like Me. 48 Do You Realise That You're a Champion. 49 Little Fish. 50 How Did You Do It. 51 Friendly Reminder. 52 First, You Must Crawl. 53 Good morning, Sunshine. 54 The Functioning Depressive in Capitalism. 56 What Took You So Long. Drugs. 60 THE HOOK TO MY PETER. 61 DEATH NOTE. 62 METAMORPHOSIS. 63 SCARS & TATTOOS. 64 THE ADDICT. 65 (DON'T) DO DRUGS, KIDS. 66 DONE BEING SOBER. 67 SAD KID SOCIETY. 68 WHERE DO SAD GUYS GO. 69 THEY SAY IT'S A DISEASE. 71 SELF CRITICAL. 72 SADKID SPEAKS. 73 SELF HATE. 74 "I CAN QUIT WHEN I LIKE. ". 75 DAVE'S STORY. 76 RELAPSE. 77 LETHARGY. 78 DREAMS & DRUGS: IT'S COMPLICATED. 79 PEOPLE LIKE ME #1. 80 CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF. 81 NOTE TO SELF. 82 DETOX. 83 DAMNED AND SAVED. 84 TOXIC HEDONISM. 85 SEND ME FLOWERS. 86 PEOPLE LIKE ME #2. 87 HI, MY NAME IS KAREN, & I'M AN ADDICT.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Karen Mutsatsa
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 96