Work

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Poet's Corner Submission #17: "Work" by Jolie Blond. Poetry for the common man. Inspired by Charles Bukowski. Lived by me.

Fat Man Blues
by Jolie Blond (that's me)
12/08/01

Well, I got up this morning
with 40-ounce cases of malt liquor on my mind,
stumbled to the toilet,
my eyes wouldn't open,
so I peed on the floor
and stumbled wet-footed
back out the door.

Found my jeans by the smell,
slipped wobbly legs right on in . . .
fell backwards on a stack of cardboard shelves,
grabbed the first shirt
that fell to the ground.
Man, if I didn't need that check so bad
morning wouldn't see me coming 'round.

Fell out the door
and watched my feet
to make sure
the front one fell ahead of the back
as I wobbled under the 10:45 sun
toward the place I work
for the money, gotta get, to support my fun.

They already know
there's no sense talking at me
before I shoot that coffee
down my raspy, acid reflux throat,
get my left eye open a mite,
my right eye focused
and my brain reconnected to my sight.

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