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Peer Pressure

My eyes are sutured can feel the threads, I stitched them together stoned out of my head, Seemed like a good idea, or so my friends said, Glue would have been better, now I can only see red. My jaws where broken, teeth wired together, High on drugs again, under more peer pressure, They dared me to down extra large measures, Got a pool cue across my face, carried out on a stretcher. Yeah I’ve done mad stuff, and bear the scars, Causing trouble, acting tough in trashy cheap bars, Drank melted shoe polish, washed down with bubble bath, Following day I paid for it, you do the math, So next time on a binge, know your own limits, The whole future can change in a few short minutes, Spend life behind bars, just for being complicit, Lose count of the shots, its Perspex visits. By David Kavanagh

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Christopher Flaherty

Date: 9/30/2020 3:45:00 PM

Reminds me David of so called freinds you hate going out with because they can't handle their drink and always end up causing trouble and when it kicks off they are nowhere to be seen

David Kavanagh
Date: 10/2/2020 12:55:00 PM

Not on par Christopher much much worse, some day you’ll see it up here, but don’t hold your breath I still haven’t got the skill to portray it properly

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 10/1/2020 1:55:00 PM

Jesus you weren't joking David when you said you had lived through a lot of experiences and things . This is on a par with your bext doir neighbor

David Kavanagh
Date: 10/1/2020 1:12:00 PM

I wrote a poem about a friend of mine who done exactly what you just said killed a guy loaded on drink and tablets it was a long time ago, this one was probably a hint, I’ll put it on the soup at some stage, but needs more work cheers David

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 10/1/2020 12:47:00 PM

A darker version or warning of actions have consequences. Its like these kids who carry go out carrying a knife get drunk bravado into a fight and are then have to deal with the consequences after

David Kavanagh
Date: 9/30/2020 11:45:00 PM

That can happen Christopher nobody got your back, this one is purely allegory more about cases of people been egged on to do something stupid under the influence, only to wake up in a prison cell for possibly killing or ruining someone’s life and remembering nothing about it, and then having to deal with the circumstances of their unknown actions, happens so often cheers David