30 Minutes Till Sunrise

5:30 AM on a Monday It doesn’t get much worse than this Up all night partying for what I don’t know Everyone is gone now I am alone with my beer Inebriated and toxic I am a danger zone. Dogs are sleeping and wife as gone long ago. Just me and this computer and some lonely souls. I have taken Ambien and lorizapam and nothing puts me down It will probably take a sun to rise To wipe the tears from my eyes. I can hear The Stones singing “Goodbye Ruby Tuesday” From another room But it’s only Monday. I light another smoke and watch the bellowed rings Cancer spelled with an O. Take another sip of Heineken waiting for the buzz to start Oh Jesus is this what a life if for? Help me find the top. Once I reach the pinnacle then maybe I can stop.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Breidenthal Avatar
October 27, 2013 at 3:26 PM
I love your unique expressions such as "Cancer spelled with an O" ..touching piece here. I find the most resilient and amazing writes of yours are those that are filled with some sort of pain or memory. Always, Laura
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September 2, 2013 at 12:10 PM
So much to live for, you are a brilliant man, with so much creativity, glad you have this outlet...
Kilmer Avatar
September 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM
thank you. Is that yo Surfield?
Mehta Avatar
September 2, 2013 at 5:51 AM
Very sad condition created and one must come out of it
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