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MyBlankInfinity — Why I Drink
Published: 2012-07-08 08:26:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 202; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 0
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Description Dreamy fog lingers on as I open my eyes
and get the aftertaste of life back into my mouth.
Click crackle crack! my neck snaps back into place.

A hard-on crowns my sheets
and a hangover crowns my head.
"Why do I drink?" I grunt at my trousers
and curse at my shirt for stinking of piss.

And I rise.

And all the fog
dissolves
into nothing...ness
replaced by
aware...ness

As I remember
why I drink.
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Comments: 3

TheMoorMaiden [2012-07-09 23:07:17 +0000 UTC]

I love the every-day, blunt, gritty nature of the narrator; it really gave the piece character, and set it apart from other drink-based poems which can sometimes become rather predictable and melodramatic. I love the line: 'the aftertaste of life back into my mouth.' Great work!

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MyBlankInfinity In reply to TheMoorMaiden [2012-07-10 05:13:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks I'm glad you liked it.
I love that line too.

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TheMoorMaiden In reply to MyBlankInfinity [2012-07-10 10:40:38 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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