whiskey on the breath
drunkards howling and shouting
I howl the loudest!!
kissing the stitches
of my reattached finger
it still tastes like me
can’t quite understand
the long feel of this evening
but, I can live it
ayaz daryl nielsen, veteran, former hospice nurse, ex-roughneck (as on oil rigs) lives in Longmont, Colorado. Editor of bear creek haiku (25+ years/130+ issues) with poetry published worldwide, he also is online at: bear creek haiku... poetry, poems and info
You lined them up and swigged them back.... They were
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hooray for Stephen, Anita, and especially Rose Prey! (actually, the next two are on you)
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