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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