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Comedic Poetry: When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Drink

Written by: Larissa Melville

It’s a long way home from here. But I tread

o’er the widesalk, arm linked with a stranger’s

and a light, bubbly air about the head.

I’m a little slort of sheep, but danger

disappears and up like a listless dream.

Metal bracelets chime; a voice like a bell,

but my mind drifts; I know not what it means.

I’m under a lovely blue and red spell.

What’s this? Do I know my rights? I’m confused

since I’ve studied law for seven years,

then I think I puke on the stranger’s shoes,

and his stern, mustachioed face appears.

          Then, we drive in quiet to the precinct,

          ‘till drink and shame to nothingness do sink.

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