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morphine #92

Patrick Fealey

it’s not a mind-wash
i’m fighting against lawyers
it’s more like
i’m a mental case
and i did it to myself
imported this fog
it’s easy to see
when you have been without it
sober contrasting
when you’re drunk two years
you don’t see what you’re missing
it’s the same morning
i’ve got a vantage
i had perfect clarity
a few days ago
i see what’s at stake
i feel how close the slip-up
the case of dumb-ass
i want some more sleep
but i drink coffee instead
universal
a pile of morphine
sits upon my compact desk
waiting for the con
beautiful slaughter
those inspiring flashes of fin
blues! hearts leap and cast!
cab to the island
1 am and twenty bucks
five minutes to sleep
i don’t let her sit
we take off from the city
her stop, one from mine
i gel my hair down
the roosta days are over
the mess is too close

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