The Drinker

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    The Drinker
    The Drinker

    I don't know where it comes from
    Or why it's there today,
    And though I seem so sunny
    The inside's always grey...

    There's stress inside my body...
    Emotions running wild.
    I must dilute the strong until
    I'm mellow and they're mild.

    I know that I'm a drinker
    and guess I'll always be --
    staying up too late at night
    For one more drink, you see.

    I wake up in the morning
    All ready for the day...
    Sometimes I vow I'll quit, again...
    But those vows never stay.

    I work all day without a sip,
    Then evening rolls around...
    The Me that most will never know
    Can drink you to the gound.


    Jim Kistner Jr
    9-29-2009

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    CECE42 commented on The Drinker

    08-29-2010

    very accurate great poem.....I have lived with two people who have shared this addiction and it is very sad when you see someone lose so much.
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    JadedJezzabel commented on The Drinker

    08-29-2010

    awsome visual poem that depicts a day in the life of an addict very clear and well. cheers..........
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    Rhymer commented on The Drinker

    08-29-2010

    You painted a vivid picture of the fucntioning alcoholic. Dependency on anything is never good for the body or soul. 10 from me.
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    Hermit53 commented on The Drinker

    08-29-2010

    I am very empathic. I put myself in a friends position and wrote as that person.
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    If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.

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