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You're honest when you're drunk, Forcing down a hunk of white bread and Chugging water to keep it all down. But the truth comes up and parades around town. Teeth chew slowly while lips spew lonely truths On counter and face and shoes. You make a mess when you're drunk, But it's so much cleaner, too. Your anger is meaner and you say what you want, You'll dare to leave but then you won't. Stumble around and give me the words you found While you drank your fears And wiped those angry tears on my shirt. You're younger when you're drunk, Lines melt away and you come out to play. You say what I didn't know I had to hear, With no sign of fear that I might mind Your unkind words and your babbling, bumbling mumbles.
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Jan 10, 2015
Jan 10, 2015 at 11:33 AM UTC
When You're Drunk
You're honest when you're drunk, Forcing down a hunk of white bread and Chugging water to keep it all down. But the truth comes up and parades around town. Teeth chew slowly while lips spew lonely truths On counter and face and shoes. You make a mess when you're drunk, But it's so much cleaner, too. Your anger is meaner and you say what you want, You'll dare to leave but then you won't. Stumble around and give me the words you found While you drank your fears And wiped those angry tears on my shirt. You're younger when you're drunk, Lines melt away and you come out to play. You say what I didn't know I had to hear, With no sign of fear that I might mind Your unkind words and your babbling, bumbling mumbles.
summer-kurtz
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Jan 10, 2015
Jan 10, 2015 at 11:33 AM UTC
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