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Curtain Call, Or Functional Alcoholic

I will get a gin and tonic Functional* alcoholic Hello, my name is Adam I am living like a fallen angel ****-faced-- My heart is misplaced These vices, devices fall upon me [Into an ocean of choler] I am almost human Sliding carefully towards depravity With the ghost of my conscience: My aspiration is in the rear-view-mirror-- Yet, I forget my reflection So, cordial and kind Each morning, I remember: I'm a funkshunal alkahawlic...

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Book: Shattered Sighs