1:14 am

1:14 am

my buddy
who has my back
slams another
whisky down
in front of me
as I watch
the shit-faced wench
horror movie smile
skinny from meth
shove quarter
after quarter
into
the poker machine
blue gold red lights
flashing beeping
in sign and tongues
only
she can understand
elevating her
to that place
which makes mornings
worthy of her
I sip
bathed in colored lights
envious
of her stature
and sense of place

I place 26 letters from the English alphabet melded occasionally with Arabic numbers in sequences I enjoy while utilizing blank spaces and 14 punctuation marks between said letters or numbers to create expression. For example: Ingrid enjoys cotton candy, mathematics, feather-light kisses, removing wood splinters from soft feet, and whiskey with an e. One day she will die and be gone forever. The dream she loves is often smooth as black glass. Too many people are scared to live. Not Ingrid. Some days she wields a heavy maul, shattering the black glass touching her dream. Most of the atoms comprising Ingrid exploded from unstable high mass stars, billions of years ago. That makes her smile. Ingrid is the strongest, most beautiful, most alluring person in the universe - at least that's what David, thinks.

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