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The Bottle

Right, I want you to put all your negative thoughts into a bottle. What sort of bottle. Doesn’t matter what sort. Vodka bottle do. Jesus, yes. Okay, I've run out of room. You’re so predictable. Just like you last night, standards are dropping. That’s because I knew you were coming for a session today. Think how I feel, all my thoughts in a bottle of Vodka. Maybe I should hypnotise you. How do I know you won’t interfere with me, you read about these things. Take my word for it, I’m going to send you to sleep, then I’m going to join you. How does that help me if we’re both asleep, you got a bit of telepathy going on here. Yes, I’m going to put you into a trance, see if we can find you another guy. What sort of guy are we talking about, I mean, I’ve already hit rock bottom with you. Well, in that case, we should be able to fix you up quite quickly. I don’t know what if he doesn’t understand my quirky sense of humour. He’ll dump you then. What, can he do that, just discard me, and me a broken woman already. Afraid so, but then you can find another guy, and another. My God, I’ll be the talk of the town, my bottle will be overflowing. Just relax, breathe in, breathe out, stop doing that. Doing what. You’re thrusting your chest out, do you know what sort of guy that’ll attract. Someone like you. You don’t want to attract someone like me, you want someone dynamic, someone who’ll take you away from all this. Have you got someone in mind? Yes, I was talking to this nice chap in the Asylum yesterday. Why is he in the Asylum. He killed a snail. My God, they put you in the Asylum for that. No, he’s in for using a flamethrower. What’s the snail got to do with it. That was the trigger point. So what happens if I upset him, and it triggers something, and he goes mad. It won’t, I told him to put all his negative thoughts into your bottle.

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Date: 1/21/2024 4:45:00 AM
Good Morning Paul. Hi. Free verse was an excellent choice to convey this very worthy and valuable message which is so hard to achieve but we keep trying. Your title is wonderful to which you never strayed and your ending is perfection in every way. Thank you for sharing your skilled talent. Have a wonderful morning and day. May we all have and hold that magical bottle. Peace and Blessings always. (smile)
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Date: 12/18/2023 6:28:00 AM
Really funny. So the therapist is insane. That’s an interesting twist. There are many not very talented ones. Some who hurt more than help. You’ve created a very thought provoking piece of work.
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Paul Bell
Date: 12/18/2023 7:50:00 AM
All those quacks are nuts, you can never tell them from the patients.
Date: 12/14/2023 2:50:00 PM
"My God, I’ll be the talk of the town, my bottle will be overflowing" Creative and intriguing, not knowing what will come next. I felt as though I knew them. Paul is there a sequel?
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Paul Bell
Date: 12/15/2023 12:14:00 AM
They'll be a sequel when I find them both. lol
Date: 12/13/2023 2:27:00 PM
my bottle is overflowing...
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Paul Bell
Date: 12/14/2023 2:20:00 AM
Ok, breathe in, breathe out. Stop doing that, otherwise your bottle will erupt.

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