A POEM A DAY

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FEAR AND CRAVING IN TX

I used to drink a dozen beers

And keep my shit mostly together, 

But there were many times I acted the fool 

And a couple of times I fell in the pool

But I mainly held to my tether. 

I miss Saturdays the most,

Pounding beers before noon.

I don’t miss the mornings after

And always flirting with disaster,

And being a drunken, stumbling goon. 

Now moderation is for pussies so I end

The day plastered, three sheets to the wind,

Shitfaced, loaded, wasted, wrecked –

Black out, pass out, hit the deck. 

I crave and fear getting drunk again.