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Last Call

Mike Brennan

I used to be the last one standing
& now I’ve fallen flat on my face
I once was ruthless in all my pursuits
But now I wear the sleeves of consequence
Like fading prison tattoos
Scarring India ink seeping
From my insides out
As remnants of the articulate flames
I snuffed & flushed into these
Overindulgent rhythmic phrases
That I can’t expect to escape with
Any mental mediation
Since I was seized &
Thrown into a compartment
Of solitary confinement
With walls which each & every day
Signify telepathically
That I must pass through the
Shackles of Satan’s social workers
Who prepare everlasting contracts
For opening vocations
Since Dionysus laid me off &
Apollo smashed my lyre
Across stoned Sisyphus’s rocks
Who cheerfully chuckles
As I guzzle the grapes of wrath
Pending that I’ll eventually
Pass out & collapse
Onto the motion-sick
Linoleum of my past.

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