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Rated: 18+ · Poetry · Writing · #2344177

7/25/2025 Daily


It's 100 degrees in Southern California.

Had to get water hot enough for Corona.

In the bottle the lemon the lime and the salt.

A headache comes after that would be my fault.

So I will stick to my coffee few cigarettes a day nighttime blunt

That's as bad as it gets here not putting on fronts.

Swear nothing changes here after that spark.

No drunk violent monster comes out after dark.

People think me smoking is such a bad thing.

What happened to that woman after you gave her that ring?

They hide who they are thinking they are clever.

I stay the same yesterday, now, tomorrow, forever.

You can call my lifestyle toxic if you wish. Above is as toxic as it gets. That is the gift.
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