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Monday

Arthur Gottlieb

Smothering the loud mouth
Alarm in a pillow,
I scheme to stay in bed.

Too ill to call in sick
I quit my job selling
Snow to eskimos.

The unfed puppy whines
In his puddle of piss.
Neighbor kids kick the wall
Like innocent prisoners
Playing ball indoors.

I ooze booze.
Last night’s mash rumbles
My stomach, an explosive
Chemical mix of wine&vodka
Stirring thunder and white
lightning.

Bones bicker about getting
To the toilet in time, but
Flesh crawls to the craw
Of the bowl. Hanging my head
Over its maw in disgust,
I spilling my guts into its deaf
Porcelain ear, but gain no
absolution.



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