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Alcoholics Anonymous

Chris Butler

Hi, my name is Chris
and I’m an alcoholic.
I’ve been sober about ten minutes
because outside I snuck a nip.

I awake every morning sick,
after slurping a puddle of spilt
liquor staining the shag carpet
with sultry sucks and erotic licks.

I came to this meeting for an immediate fix
so I would no longer exist as an addict,
extending the flame of my extinguished wick
and this slow suicide would occur not-so-quick.

I’ve climbed the twelve steps but tripped,
tumbling down the spiral stairs of bricks
in spastic somersaults and back flips,
but I survived with just scratches and nicks.

Now I have tired lips,
so for the rest
of the hour I’ll sit
and remain quiet.



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