Self Medicated

Cocktails for forgiveness

to save me from hell

Celebrated at Christmas

diuretic damsel

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A slug on the sidewalk

too slow to cut through the lulls

bodies outlined in chalk

as echoes traipse down the hall

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Mysterious nonsense

words just get in the way

My counterresponse

to the things that you say

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Can't be too serious

I'm programed to play

Some think I'm delirious

time seems to fritter away

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But I've finally stopped quibbling

what they think, caps a landfill

It's selective listening

some would call it a skill

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I just don't have the time

for all of life's petty crap

There was a place and a time

but we're so far past that

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So, I settle for nicotine

though I dislike the taste

But an occasional drink

just to keep myself sane

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Another day in paradise

where you don't need a name

Cause everyone rolls the dice

and gambles, life's game