Wednesday, April 7, 2010

attempt at get(ting) drunk

One should always be drunk. Since I got drunk I felt loose enough to
rule the world, or loose enough to lose the world.
Drunk with what?
drunk with wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as i please. But I get drunk.
And if sometimes I should happen to awake,
up and out the door
up and to the world
meet life; she's a pretty girl
A pretty world
Drunk pace is pretty now
I got pretty drunk now
Now I'm pretty drunk
and I got a pretty girl
met her, she's nice
yeah she's a pretty girl
think I met life
she's a pretty world,
and she told me but
all i saw was her curved
and graceful mouth
curve the words between her teeth
"One should always be drunk"
yeah, she's got me looking at a pretty world,
a nihilistic and pretty world.
And she got me feeling awake,
so it must be time to get drunk!
with wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as I please.
But Charles, I get drunk.

3 comments:

  1. 'Since I got drunk I felt loose enough to
    rule the world, or loose enough to lose the world."

    That's a great line! If I had come upon it in a book or something, it would definitely be something I would have underlined or rewritten in my notebook!

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  2. You really captured Charles' style. The line "Charles, I get drunk" is fantastic, because it pays homage to your inspiration for the piece. That's not done very often. I also agree with aliset, that line is very powerful as well. Great job!

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  3. I really liked your poem because it retained the sense of humor of Charles' poem.

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