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“The End of Sobriety”

January 18, 2015 Mario Burns Featured content, Poetry 0

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by Mario Burns

Fresh off my latest fail

Drunk behind the wheel

Backwoods in eight feet of snow

Nodding out to the sound of the benzo

Jeep decides to kiss the ditch

Call for help, couldn’t be found

Time to take a rest and close my eyes

Awaken to the sound of pounding on the window

Three little pigs decide to take me for a ride

Profanity laced speeches I give on the way

Is this a dream?

Nope, the cuffs hurt my wrists

Arrive up the river

Questions I can not seem to answer

The fuzz kick my left foot

I flinch and hold my ground

“He’s resisting” I hear as my chin hits the floor

Twelve feet I count kicking my body into submission

Next day I leave the cooler

Nine months probation for a little grass

Once a week having to piss in front of the man

Almost a year of this shit is coming to a close

Two weeks from today, I will be a free man

Ganja party, oil, flowers, and hash

Will be awaiting me when I am done

Sobriety is a killer

Mary Jane is a gift to us all

Almost done being violated

Three, Two, One, Lift-off

 

 

illustration: David Pratt

 

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