Speeches of the Wasted

your impressive speech

i've heard a thousand times before

stretch up your hands

you're a martyr

by your own design

maybe a little variation from the story

will keep the masses listening

for i've learned to tune you out



clue you in to a thing called life

it happens to us all

maybe stop a moment and catch yourself

how ridiculous you sound to me



have you practiced all these lashings?

they seem so parallel

go ahead, take another drink

might as well tell it once again.....


Author's Notes/Comments: 

I have a friend with a severe drinking problem. After a few beers, the same story of, "Oh, poor me," starts falling from his lips. You just want to smack him sometimes, tell him, "I know, I heard it all the last hundred times I was over." It's called LIFE, and we all have to endure it.

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