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Wouldn't Be the First Time

I sit

Feeling young and tired.

Tired of the steps,

Tired of learning,

Tired of the fresh

Faces that smile

With ease.

 

I didn’t brush my

Teeth this morning.

Whiskey and smoke

Sit on my breath

As two week flings

Sit on my chest.

 

The hum.

It is constant in summer

as is cold in winter.

The sheets are sticky

even with the lack of play.

Smell of dull laundry and smokes

to see me through the day.

 

Lure me out of these old ways.

Shut my mouth

and stop these old sayings.

Broken aches heal broken limbs.

 

I'm up for the taking.

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Published
Mar 7, 2010
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