Joanna Davis Poet Rondeau Redouble

Goodbye Johnny Walker

Goodbye Johnny Walker
Joanna Davis


I swear I’m in a nightmare,
I know it’s some bad dream
This craving for the deadly juice,
Is nothing new it seems
Our life is one long quarrel, 
A battle no one can win
Am I paying a kind of penance,
For some past life of sin?
I won’t put up with this forever,
The smell or wavering gait
If I stay with you much longer,
I’ll surely be tempting my fate
A soul that’s soaked with liquor,
With breath to ignite a match
But your handsome looks so deceiving,
I naively believed you a catch!
You’ll promise it’s the last time,
Say you’re done… that it’s the end!
But in me you see a nagging wife,
While in the bottle - a comforting friend
Tell me exactly how, I can win,
Or compete with something so pure?
What kind of psychological jargon,
Would even up the score?
This demon is so elusive,
Someone, somewhere, please advise me,
What spirits will finally convince you,
To seek your desired sobriety!

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Fabiyas M V August 20, 2011 at 10:55 AM Very interesting write....I enjoyed it

Chiquitachiamaka Baity August 14, 2011 at 7:08 AM this is great Jo....very well penned...thanks for sharing

John Smith August 12, 2011 at 9:38 PM Nothing beats Johnnie Walker Blue; in moderation, of course.

Jl Sadberry August 12, 2011 at 7:26 PM Smile, *^_^* “I Would Sincerely Suggest Tapping Into The Same Spirit Which IS Going to Be Cleaning-Up The Entire Universe Soon My Dear JoAnn *^_#* That Would Be My Thought &, Nice Poe!” === Love Always, Jasper *