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Book 12 Page 34

 

First thought

 

In the back of every alcoholic’s mind

when they wake up in the morning after a hard night on the town

is the thought,

 

“O I’m still here!”

 

© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au 30/12/99