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Whiskey & Cigarettes


Fumbling a label of lament I poor out here in writ. A shot in the dark of over all departure that of my salty sour rimmed lashes splash over in thought. As if to wet my beak to mention drowning my sorrows in meager anomaly. The end bar seat a cherry red coal light in the eyes center reflect back in the dark screen of the TV. As I drift back and forth, left to right of boredom. Between masturbation, drugs, Jesus, & work. Life in the under belly of monotony with monetary wimbels floating ED functionally impaired. Old crows cawing in corn rye sucking down cancer with Irish coffee to loosen my gut. Turning daylight outside in the distance of my mind. I watch other people live their lives & think what evils they might conduct. Or try to guess their secrets kept by the interactions inside the small circles of habitations. With small talk, hand jesters, wave offs to answer phones in the dim twilight of neon tube vesper from the dance floor. Spent loneliness between ice melting an rift the time & maybe go home with somebody. As always another sibling of the universe bound to human migrations & mating rituals. With love from a monotheistic Hobo Rehab where they want me to stay off social media long enough to pray the gay away. Yours truly A Low Type Poet.
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PersonalThemeAbstract

Personal struggles with addiction, identity, faith; rooted in autobiographical experience.

SparseMeasureDense

Dense idea packing: addiction, religion, sexuality, work, loneliness compressed across lines.

DarkSentimentBright

Deeply negative: despair, self-criticism, monotony, religious condemnation, existential dread throughout.

StillEnergyExplosive

Aggressive, restless voice; fragmented syntax, raw colloquialisms, internal turbulence.

MicroLengthEpic

15 lines; falls in 31-60 range when accounting for wrapped structure.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Strong metaphors (belly of monotony, cherry red coal light), personification, vivid imagery.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Pure lyric confession; introspective first-person voice without persona or narrative arc.

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