Ten Years Later- #PPC

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Out, then drag.
The rolled paper reeks.
Borrowing my thoughts
as it sits between my teeth.

Out, then drag.
Funnel the liquid in.
You know it's getting bad
when ten am means gin.

Out, then drag.
Gasping for some air.
Must steel myself for another fist
with a face that doesn't care.

Out, then drag.
My outstretched hand retreats.
Another plea for help rejected
because I live the streets.

----Ten years Later----

Out, then drag.
The oars complain with creaks.
I sit without my toxic friends
and finally I breathe.

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