Package Deal
She said to me .
“We are a package deal me and my kids .”
I looked at her and was tempted but one thing I never lost from all the damage I have encored from drinking was my mind .
I took a stamp from my desk and stuck it upon her forehead .
Gave her some extra cash and pointed her down the street towards the post office .
I closed the door and locked it .
And knew I was a selfish prick .
Cause I should have given her more .
But who the fuck knows what postage is on woman and her kids .
And I had a serious drinking problem to support .
You have to get your priorities straight in life .
I chose to return to sender .
A life is something I have grown accustomed to living without for awhile now .
Besides the bear traps had managed to keep the kids off the lawn guess I needed some for the house also .
The true bachelor is becoming an endangered species these days .
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Fin
I find late nights and bad thoughts usually make great bed partners .
I hadn’t been sober long .
And for once I didn’t have a excuse for my bad choices .
It’s hell when there is nobody to blame but the devil.
Course saying Jesus made me do it really didn’t sound right , when busted with a sack of cocaine and a hooker .
Looks like play time was over.
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The Coyote And I
I’m like that worn out coyote that howls long through the night.
Just to let you know he still exists.
Fueled by bourbon and regrets .
Miles that taught me that isolation is never a bad thing.
And when it comes to other people it’s always better for me to keep my distance.
Drinking my comfort, the page my escape .
Tomorrow does not breathe hope .
But tonight the winds carry my existence .
Howling in spite of the rejections.
In this void I call my home .
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John Patrick Robbins
Is the editor of the Rye Whiskey Review , Under The Bleachers and Drinkers Only .
He is also the author of Once Upon A Nervous Breakdown from Soma Publishing and Sex Drugs & Poetry from Whiskey City Press .
His publications include . The San Pedro River Review , As It Ought To Be Magazine , Punk Noir Magazine , Ariel Chart , The Mojave River Review , Red Fez , Angry Old Man Magazine, Blognostics ,
His work is always unfiltered.
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