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Subject: ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ELEGY ON A QUID OF TOBACCO, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It lay before me on the close-grazed grass
Last Line: Thou didst thy duty, man can do no more.
Subject(s): Duty; Pleasure; Snuff (tobacco); Substance Abuse; Temptation; Addictive Behavior


MARIJUANA NOTATION, by ALLEN GINSBERG    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: How sick I am
Subject(s): Substance Abuse; Addictive Behavior


MOTHER JUNKIE, by CLARENCE MAJOR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: She has the shakes, thinks she's gonna die
Last Line: To the east river, five blocks away
Subject(s): Drugs & Drug Abuse; Medicine; Substance Abuse; Narcotics; Opium; Cocaine; Crack; Heroin; Drugs, Prescription; Addictive Behavior


YOU AGAIN, by RON PADGETT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I think I'm smoking too much too many cigarettes
Last Line: Every day this week and I'm glad I don't drink so there
Subject(s): Fire; Smoking; Substance Abuse; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes; Addictive Behavior