Get drunk
For the first time in my life, I want to get drunk. People would always laugh at me when I told them I have never been drunk. I would tell them that wasn’t my…
Noir: Turning of Luck on Perception
Look the part, he says. What part?! Maybe he meant I shouldn’t be drinking coffee with my pinky extended. It wasn’t tea, after all. Thankfully, my…
Wayward Embraces
There’s black, there’s white, and everything in between. Dark thoughts and dirty desires sometimes seem so clean. The logic is flawless, maybe raw but rational…
Cherry Vodka
Sanctuary, Sanctuary, Pull that bottle out the freezer. No chaser for me, I’ve been chased quite enough lately. “By what?” you may ask? Well by dreams and by…
Frivolous Kisses
As the glass touches her lips and the red velvety courage enters her body, a metamorphosis occurs. No longer capable of walking confidently alone, she grabs…
The Literal-Minded Seashore Bartender
I went to my favorite seaside saloon and my friend the barkeep asked me, “What’ll you have, Tom?” Just then, my phone rang and I had to answer it; it was my…
This Is Becoming Too Much Of A Habit
Fear clenches in the pit of my stomach as I wake from my slumber in an unknown location. I rub my weary eyes and try my hardest to remember, but nothing comes…
Drunken Lullabies
And here’s where my memory fails me. When you think about it, this is rather unsettling. Partaking in consuming poison for sheer pleasure, for the sake of…
Aquila Blue Label
It wasn’t unusual to locate production in deep space. Faster than light travel was already very common and huge swathes of natural resources could be found in…
Knowing.
I sit there, at the kitchen table, unwilling to hear the words spoken to me. “She died in a car crash, Hal. I’m very sorry.” I stare at the ring pattern in…
To Repost Something Already Posted
These walls, they are covered, from base to ceiling with pictures, of eyes. I’m trapped by their stares. I try to pull them off, but I am too weak, and they…
Gary and the gin
Sometimes Gary wondered if there was more to life than gin. Then he took a sip. “Sweet lord,” Gary said, for this particular gin and tonic tasted especially…
Repeat.
Look at me, silly ‘ol me. What have I become? Doing breathing anything for a little coke and rum. Slurping Sipping here and there trying to forget my past…
& There We Were, & All We Were
You, the alcoholic, and I, the new smoker will grow entangled together. We will feed off of each other’s mindless addictions. I will need you for your midnight…
Make Your Choice.
I was freezing in that fridge. I was untouched. I am thankful you got me. What? You are crying. What is wrong? Here, take a drink of me. I promise I will ease…
Means of Production
“That... was not what I was expecting.” Jake stood in the doorway, flung open by Karen moments before. The basement stretched out before them, illuminated in…
Do What You Do Best
Massive shoulders hunching, Randon leaned over his as of yet untouched tenth shot. The preacher leaned back to see around his erstwhile companion’s bulk…
Demerso Siccum
These walls, they are covered, from base to ceiling with pictures, of eyes. I’m trapped by their stares. I try to pull them off, but I am too weak, and they…
Shadowing My Fears.
The bottle and glass were in his hand, he no longer knew what was right and wrong. He acted on emotion and tempered with impulsiveness. He was weak. The glass…
Me the Drink
I swirl around the ice at the bottom of the glass, slowly eroding it, taking it into myself. I share the cold of the cubes with the wall that contains me…