The maudlin in me is brought up, dredged from<\/p>\n
the many consumptions that plague us,<\/p>\n
honey-sweet or bitter, burning slow down sliding<\/p>\n
through my throat like a blessed ague.<\/p>\n
I’m sick, baby, didn’t you know,<\/p>\n
I’m tormented by demons you’ve never met.<\/p>\n
Give me that bottle and you’ll see<\/p>\n
I was never Heaven-sent.<\/p>\n
I have my share of scars too,<\/p>\n
I’ve been bruised black and blue.<\/p>\n
I’ve crawled up from the depths<\/p>\n
and I won’t be turning back.<\/p>\n
You try to push me back<\/p>\n
but I’m not going nowhere,<\/p>\n
you gave me that bottle, baby,<\/p>\n
and now you gotta sit down and listen<\/p>\n
why I’ve done myself wrong<\/p>\n
and how you can’t put it right.<\/p>\n
Before darkness, there’s no fixing<\/p>\n
we’ve got a hint of magic,<\/p>\n
a taste of tragedy,<\/p>\n
and a whisper of the forbidden<\/p>\n
amongst the many living<\/p>\n
and innumerable resting dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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