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"One for the pain, two to make it go away." He says as he washes his benzos down with whiskey. He doesn't want to wake up the next day, 'cause ever since twenty-seven life's gone downhill. A tall Japanese woman stands beside him, and takes the plunge, too. Follows it with whiskey. Always follow with whiskey. Her marriage is falling apart, and ever since twenty-seven life's gone downhill. He tried to leave, once, with a ****** overdose: "That **** ***** of a girlfriend had to save my life." He tattooed DNR on both wrists because of that ***** He tugs on the Japanese gal's skirt; even looming suicide doesn't slake his piggish lust. She slaps his hand and stands on the other side of the room, arms crossed. "Ya know, standing like that makes yer **** look bigger." She walks into the kitchen and drinks more whiskey; that bastard's the reason for her life's steady decline. They drive, fully hammered, to a beach blanketed with fog. They build, fully hammered, a bonfire; gotta burn it all! They sit, fully hammered, waiting for sleep to hit; that final slip into oblivion with a heavy sinking lull. He can't speak without a slur; she can't see without a blur. He can't stand without a wobble; she can't stand without a topple. His eyelids grow heavy; his breath starts to slow. Her breath isn't steady; her lungs hardly grow. Good-night, old friends. Good-bye.
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Jan 20, 2013
Jan 20, 2013 at 11:32 PM UTC
Asleep at the Beach
"One for the pain, two to make it go away." He says as he washes his benzos down with whiskey. He doesn't want to wake up the next day, 'cause ever since twenty-seven life's gone downhill. A tall Japanese woman stands beside him, and takes the plunge, too. Follows it with whiskey. Always follow with whiskey. Her marriage is falling apart, and ever since twenty-seven life's gone downhill. He tried to leave, once, with a ****** overdose: "That **** ***** of a girlfriend had to save my life." He tattooed DNR on both wrists because of that ***** He tugs on the Japanese gal's skirt; even looming suicide doesn't slake his piggish lust. She slaps his hand and stands on the other side of the room, arms crossed. "Ya know, standing like that makes yer **** look bigger." She walks into the kitchen and drinks more whiskey; that bastard's the reason for her life's steady decline. They drive, fully hammered, to a beach blanketed with fog. They build, fully hammered, a bonfire; gotta burn it all! They sit, fully hammered, waiting for sleep to hit; that final slip into oblivion with a heavy sinking lull. He can't speak without a slur; she can't see without a blur. He can't stand without a wobble; she can't stand without a topple. His eyelids grow heavy; his breath starts to slow. Her breath isn't steady; her lungs hardly grow. Good-night, old friends. Good-bye.
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Jan 20, 2013
Jan 20, 2013 at 11:32 PM UTC
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