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I say I worry about her 120 Her 20/20 Her coming home in the evening, pouring a glass And crying over the past twenty Or so years Gone quick as glass Golden but weak. She says she can't trust That I won't get violent And belligerent Waking up in bus depots and shouting down phones Alternating into coughing up whatever words available To make her understand how much I hate Everything. And she gets it She says Sort of The same way I get it A little bit I guess But she worries about my drinking And I worry about her drinking And we don't know where he is Or who he's with.
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Aug 17, 2012
Aug 17, 2012 at 8:58 AM UTC
Sink/Swim
I say I worry about her 120 Her 20/20 Her coming home in the evening, pouring a glass And crying over the past twenty Or so years Gone quick as glass Golden but weak. She says she can't trust That I won't get violent And belligerent Waking up in bus depots and shouting down phones Alternating into coughing up whatever words available To make her understand how much I hate Everything. And she gets it She says Sort of The same way I get it A little bit I guess But she worries about my drinking And I worry about her drinking And we don't know where he is Or who he's with.
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Aug 17, 2012
Aug 17, 2012 at 8:58 AM UTC
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