Friday, September 21, 2018

Kerri Shying R # 518 - just get the hangover


this isn’t an immune system     more
a collection   of bad ideas    who fight
like drunks   outside  a just-closed bar
in the suburbs of a country town   my
body  it’s tied one on    without me    I

just get the hangover 

as permanent   as a monument    some
Big Thing   installed by a committee
then let to rust   collect graffiti   and piss
visited  at times   by outsiders    who leave 
 afraid    befuddled     well before the dark

3 comments:

  1. Dear Kerri, I love this poem, although it is heart-breaking.

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  2. Thank you Rob, always best the face the truth mate. Otherwise how to stagger on?

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