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the morning after always hurts the worst hazy brain summersault stomach and where in the hell is my car i want a pizza or two it was nice to see you i've missed your smile and condensed stare and the shape that your lips make while you confess your love to the beer bottle's neck that explains the jameson and all the beers at the bar the beer bongs at the after party and why i could stomach the strippers it was all you so nice to see you why do i always feel guilty when the sun comes up no one got a black eye i didn't grab the mic and my clothes stayed on until i was safely home although the cab driver may have caught a glance to think i'm "all grown up" i'm not at all sorry not for the whiskey gut or the fire i'll throw up or the kisses that i didn't plant along your collar i'm still the same floral-print ship-wreck at the bottom of the bottle my mother once said that the only people worth clinging to are those who see all of your greatness outweighing your flaws you still see the holes in my tights and my falling hem line not the honey sweet legs they shape or the hips and thighs that the denim hides i'll be just fine as the german genie in the bottle of irish whiskey witty and slack-jawed and ready to kiss the lips off the face of the clock and two shots away from dancing with the cops i look great in hand-cuffs i'll whistle the whole way to jail small victories weigh the most and right now i feel like muhammed ali thanks, babe here's two asprin that glow better than your eyes and they're mine waiting to chase away the pain that came up with the sun here's to endings that aren't a safe bet here's to sleeping alone here's to new mistakes just waiting to happen water never tasted so good to me
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Jan 11, 2013
Jan 11, 2013 at 1:39 PM UTC
letting go. (the brown bottle blues.)
the morning after always hurts the worst hazy brain summersault stomach and where in the hell is my car i want a pizza or two it was nice to see you i've missed your smile and condensed stare and the shape that your lips make while you confess your love to the beer bottle's neck that explains the jameson and all the beers at the bar the beer bongs at the after party and why i could stomach the strippers it was all you so nice to see you why do i always feel guilty when the sun comes up no one got a black eye i didn't grab the mic and my clothes stayed on until i was safely home although the cab driver may have caught a glance to think i'm "all grown up" i'm not at all sorry not for the whiskey gut or the fire i'll throw up or the kisses that i didn't plant along your collar i'm still the same floral-print ship-wreck at the bottom of the bottle my mother once said that the only people worth clinging to are those who see all of your greatness outweighing your flaws you still see the holes in my tights and my falling hem line not the honey sweet legs they shape or the hips and thighs that the denim hides i'll be just fine as the german genie in the bottle of irish whiskey witty and slack-jawed and ready to kiss the lips off the face of the clock and two shots away from dancing with the cops i look great in hand-cuffs i'll whistle the whole way to jail small victories weigh the most and right now i feel like muhammed ali thanks, babe here's two asprin that glow better than your eyes and they're mine waiting to chase away the pain that came up with the sun here's to endings that aren't a safe bet here's to sleeping alone here's to new mistakes just waiting to happen water never tasted so good to me
Sparrowfreckles
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Jan 11, 2013
Jan 11, 2013 at 1:39 PM UTC
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