I’m not a fan of introductions to literature. \u00a0I figure the piece \u00a0ought to speak for itself, but I want to offer a kind of apology for this one. \u00a0I tried some 12 step meetings, even led a co-morbidity group for addicted mentally ill folks like me, but my needs and culture never meshed well, and here is some cheap revenge.<\/p>\n
Marathon around hour 10 or 11<\/p>\n
RU BRAGGIN\u2019 er COMPLAININ\u2019 ?<\/p>\n
You got so drunk you smashed your daddy\u2019s pickup\u2026<\/p>\n
classic hubs and custom gunrack<\/p>\n
waxed and polished every Sunday<\/p>\n
stainless toolbox in the back<\/p>\n
stars and bars on the license plate<\/p>\n
…through the front of the Wyn Dixie..<\/p>\n
giant slushies two bucks<\/p>\n
live bait and licenses<\/p>\n
\u201cMake America Great Again\u201d hats<\/p>\n
on the shelf with the<\/p>\n
\u201call lives matter, asshole\u201d t shirts<\/p>\n
\u2026. and damn near killed Sam, the clerk\u2026<\/p>\n
forty stitches and two steel pins<\/p>\n
\u2026.. and put a scar on your best girl;s left tit\u2026<\/p>\n
Under the death;s head skull<\/p>\n
boy, she was royally pissed..<\/p>\n
\u2026 and walked five and a quarter miles on a broken leg \u2026.<\/p>\n
charged with leaving the scene<\/p>\n
thewn in the pokey<\/p>\n
the judge, Uncle Earnie was pissed<\/p>\n
\u2026. got this scar..<\/p>\n
and lost my job<\/p>\n
and my left nut<\/p>\n
but that was in the fight with the depity sherrif<\/p>\n
and not technically in the crash.<\/p>\n
Trust me, you don\u2019t want to see<\/p>\n
\u2026. 6 months and a fine..<\/p>\n
\u2026.. and will you sign that I made the meeting today?<\/p>\n
I wrote this for week 10, 11 or 12 and never posted it correctly. Thought I ought to at least get it posted someplace and fix it up later…..<\/p>\n
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