Peep hole in my sleep
third eye judges me.
God all seeing creep
it never sets me free.

Jack Daniels slept in my bed
kept me warm for empty years.
My lovers, always bored, fled.
Always chased a shot with tears.

Harder  to live, just be brave.
Dollars now just worth dimes.
Nothing worth a **** to save.
These are known as harder times.
Eating cat food or moldy bread.
Forgive my crass expression
hunger has gone to my head.
Another greater depression.

Friday August 30 2024 11PM EST
Time ceased to be frozen rhyme
tick tock just a broken clock
Love's birth ran out of time.
The end of human kind
Earths' sun went blind.

I chew a bit of this pill
and feel a little less ill.
I swallow a blue moon
sleep through a typhoon.
A tab of acid in my tea
the world bewilders me.

Wrapped in flagged boxes
happy remains from foxes.
War's a dead zero sum game
both sides always the same.

Chardonnay brings dreams to life
     until morning's brutal genocide.
     I untangle old lost memories,
     carry on throughout a busy day.

     Night always arrives while thirst
     demands attention. Dreams resurrected
     answering impossible questions.
     Morning kicks down the door again.

     Day follows day, feels like forever.
     I must have gone mad.  I stared into
     the sun then jumped to a final peace.
     Finally, I found my own great escape!