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Tomorrow We May Die
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Tomorrow We May Die |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA 
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Losers, yeah, I guess we are- On the downhill side of town. Our habitats are dingy bars... Our faces weary frowns Our names? Who knows? or really cares? There’s Red, or Slim, or Buck- We never call it down and out... We’re having some bad luck. Breakfast? bite your tongue, you fool! I can’t get out of bed... My face a whiskered ruined wreck My eyes are blurred and red. My hands still shake from my d.t.’s My mouth? God, what a taste... And there’s an inch of Thunderbird, That’s way too much to waste. How did it start? this life of mine? I’m not too sure I know. I guess with candlelight and wine, At luncheons where we’d go. To celebrate, to close a deal- Or maybe just unwind... The bubbly has an adder’s bite, Alas, too late I find. I lost my job, I lost my car, My house, my kids, my wife... Before I quite had realized... I lived a drunkard’s life. Start again? I scarcely think.... No need to even try... Let’s drink, be merry, have a blast Tomorrow we may die. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Wow, Gunslinger... this one grabbed me. Kinda reminded me of my dad telling me cigarettes were responsible for his cancer, and lighting one up as he did. We are human, afterall, and to take comfort in something we know is bad for us is an all too familiar part of that equation. I don't offer sympathy, but empathy on this one. Michael |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"Start again? I scarcely think.... No need to even try... Let’s drink, be merry, have a blast Tomorrow we may die." I can still remember days when this was a well accepted attitude in the small circle I ran in. Thank God that was short lived. JL  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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HiddenHero Junior Member
since 2011-11-04
Posts 10BC, Canada |
I enjoyed this reminder of earlier days in my life, though it would have taken me down a worse path if I hadn't escaped the savage grip of the "adult joy-juice". This reminded me of the earliest of my drinking days, before it made me a monster to drink. I'll have to add this to my library. The Hero Hidden Within Us All! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
To celebrate, to close a deal- Or maybe just unwind... The bubbly has an adder’s bite, Alas, too late I find. You've written the life and decline of so many so well!! |
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