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#alcholism
In the night I am joined. A drink summons a row of faces, unrecognizable they come to me as penumbras. A swirl of half crescent grins and grimaces cry out in pain. I am ****** into a hole of submission, here are all the allegorical creations living inside of me. These things stand tall, bare and judging. Laughing and watching as I fall into a bottomless grip called “inevitability". Breathing raw, dank ideologies. Manifesting nasty, stubborn idiosyncrasies. I am freed by another drink And the pleasant reality that sometimes moving on means laughter.
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Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 at 8:00 PM UTC
Howl
V. Ethereal Maybe being drunk is the closest I will ever get to zero gravity-- to walking on the moon. My fingers curled around the neck of a liquor bottle,   I wander to my bedroom window, as a tipsy weightlessness settles amongst my limbs (and my thoughts). Swaying slightly, I part the curtains and, in my intoxicated stupor, search for Polaris in the night sky, point to it, press a clumsy hand to the glass, convince myself that I have captured the star, and all the omniscient power it possesses, beneath my finger tips. Star light, {lips pant-- inebriated, heavy} star bright, {my breath appears a catalyst as the window pane glazes over in an impenetrable paroxysm of fog} first star I see tonight, {I take a swig, raise the bottle-- a toast to the cosmos} I wish I may, {Lashes meet in silent matrimony} I wish I might, {Behind closed, desperate eyes, ribbons of colour dance towards me in a disoriented jig} have this wish I wish tonight-- to be obliterated by the very galaxy that birthed these grieving bones and this tumultuous heart. Because only then-- as the Gods paint the Night with the innards of my soul, acrylic purples churning against the blackness-- will I become what I have always dreamed of becoming: Lovely. Ethereal.
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Sep 25, 2018
Sep 25, 2018 at 11:57 AM UTC
I, Ophelia (Part Five--Ethereal)
An innocent born into darkness, A life unknown to be so graceless. A world without colour, This life like no other. Below the depths of this flesh, A girl lives craving new breath. Stolen was her beating heart, Given to loneliness, consumed as a withered spark. The biggest dreams swim in her mind, The longest amount of time goes by. A slave to abuse, a slave to misery. Will she escape from the chains to find victory? Fortitude is what she seeks, Peace and love is what she needs. A life ready to begin and restart, Her life ready to fight her way through the dark. A journey has started, her journey awaits. An adventure she'll recall, has her saving grace. “Arise” she screams, “Arise and be...” “Arise and be all that you dreamed!”
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Oct 9, 2017
Oct 9, 2017 at 6:44 PM UTC
arise.
Empty Bottles align in the light, Reflect the shattered soul, Broken down to the last drop ****** the cork like the wolf harvests bone, The devil within busts through the held open door, Societies vessel of acceptance, ignorance in a swig and a sip ****** up the wall, I Doubt it’s worth the loss of yourself after all. Dignity as fragile as the brown paper bag, Held around the chalice of your disgusted pride, Bottle after Bottle are you even allowed to call yourself alive, Hooked to the bottom of the glass, Any excuse even if the next ones your so-called last. Friends and fortune faded, The bottles figure jaded in the light of your dim-witted realise, Nothing else to do but sit back and enjoy the ride The Reaper sits across the bar, Sickle in hand pouring bottle after bottle never drifting very far, No strings to pull as the tender waits, Bottle like a shotgun, the mixer shakes, the distilled Deity waiting to deliver the last call. Before the turn, No Misery or Shame, In the end, Is it really the bottle or the man who’s to blame.
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Dec 12, 2016
Dec 12, 2016 at 8:28 PM UTC
Jameson' Ghost
Getting sentimental from drink Limp along like another Angry little misanthrope Don't people get tired of themselves Like I get tired of me? Blah blah blah Looking for a breath of fresh air When everything and everywhere Is stale
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Dec 3, 2015
Dec 3, 2015 at 12:55 AM UTC
Drink
It takes a special breed of fool to touch a hot pan twice, well I've grabbed it about four times now, it's just another sorely vice. I'm playing a game with penance and pain;  another reckless thing I do. So add it to my smoking, drinking, and coming back to you.
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Sep 15, 2015
Sep 15, 2015 at 8:31 PM UTC
Vices
..And I probably shouldn't have used my real name But that's the fool inside of me I walk home at three in the morning In a white fedora, black suit, and winged tipped shoes with a pointed toe Accompanied by a lone trumpet Shrieking a wailing lonesome tune As I walk slyly, cigarette in hand In a strange off beat step Through dark alleys, side streets, And ***** parks I give a *** a fifty dollar bill And wait, Stop there! A scumbag is assaulting a woman And I of course save the day Suddenly I come to, crawling to my toilet A horrifying sting of mace I dreadfully check my messages And in ***** covered disgrace.. I despise, My big dumb tequila poisoned face
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Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 at 3:00 AM UTC
My Big Dumb Tequila Poisoned Face..