Thursday, September 1, 2011

Backstory

she drinks to sleep
she drinks because the bottle
makes a good protagonist

she drinks anything
naked before the mirror
exposed bones and jagged cheeks

her back says fuck me
her eyes wide do not concur
she drinks in the morning

she drinks to her sins
while trying to avoid them
every bottle a totem

she drinks promises
scorns soft landings with sharp slurs
counts men like sheep while sleepless

she drank her dream's blood
like vodka she thought tasteless
uninspired still thirsty

she drank daylight's bones
looking to lose a night's chill
until liquored up morning

she passes out cold
quiet and without warning
she drank life in sips like gulps

swallowed as a bride


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