Rummage—
From the Old Dutch “ruim”
A compartment
In sailing vessels
For storage
Of rum
Of other goods
Of things saved or discarded
In port
Ruims would be cleared
Empty rum casks
Broken tools
Odds and ends
Bits of rope or wood
Piled on the dock
To be sold
Churches have rummage sales
Connections to rum
Untroubling for my
Episcopal sensibilities BUT
Do temperance teaching
Denominations need
Non-alcoholic names
For their annual sales?
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Chuck Etheridge
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Day 4 of Quitting
If this is how sobriety feels, maybe it’s better to go through life a little buzzed… this, along with other hits like, I want to kill myself, I wish I was dead, and I’m going to throw myself off a bridge have been the only thoughts on rotation these past few days. I promise myself that if, in a month, I still feel like this (‘this’ meaning despondent, full of rage, and simultaneously numb) I can go back to smoking. Until mid-February though? Nicotine is off the table.
By sleepy drafts6 days ago in Longevity
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