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The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.

The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.

Jean Cocteau
Addiction, House, Smoking
Jean Cocteau, Margaret Crosland (1972). “Cocteau's world: an anthology of writings”, Owen

The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation.

Jean Cocteau
Humble, Night, House

If an addict who has been completely cured starts smoking again he no longer experiences the discomfort of his first addiction. There exists, therefore, outside alkaloids and habit, a sense for opium, an intangible habit which lives on, despite the recasting of the organism. The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.

Jean Cocteau
Addiction, House, Smoking
Jean Cocteau, Margaret Crosland (1972). “Cocteau's world: an anthology of writings”, Owen

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