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Liquid escapism

by @johnathan-juliano

My mind is adrift Waves of 3 am Lap at the shore of an isthmus called psyche There between the seas of reality and dreams Three shots deep and diving, I drown my better judgement in a pool of fireball Music blares, but the words melt as I listen White noise in a black night, One more drink, One more drink The fire in my throat is burning Like the fire that purifies the gold The old verses ring in my head, And the pastor spits a sermon over dr dre’s beats, A prayer in the dark murmurs through drunken lips, And then at last track ends, the priest descends from the pulpit In the deafening silence, I leave my drink on the desk, still not empty I stumble my way to my oblivion And pull the covers up to my neck. Now I lay me down to sleep And languid waves wash me out to sea without a shore The nightly giliad of a lonely druckard Sipping steel in an empty room, And talking to the voices in my head Lost on a road with no lines Lost hold of the iron rod and see no signs To guide me on my way And so I float away on a magic carpet Seeks the genie in that bottle with only one wish The only one it can grant me.
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Oct 31, 2013
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