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and then she left me

I wouldn't give up drinking

but then again

you wouldn't ask

me to

and we could spend our

days

drunk on wine

and our nights

we could surrender

to the wild creatures

inside of us

 

i couldn't give up feeling

terrible

from time to time

but i wouldn't have to

since you bring me

peace

when i am drunk

and miserable

 

i could be a romantic again

like when i was

younger

before crushing hatred

of life

sank in

and ruined me

 

i could work

and not hate it

dance in front of oters

and not live a life

of pretending

i could do all of these things

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Written by
daniel-holden
American
Published
Oct 6, 2010
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one in a series of poems from a series called "and then she left me:

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