The week was spinning at 1000mph
I was sitting at a bar with friends
Very slowly I reached for my drink
And drank savouring the moment
Feeling every second in 3D sharp
Living in the moment, in control
My friends noticed my escape,
Expressed concern that I was
Having a stroke, so be warned,
Living life in slow motion might
Lead men in white coats to your
Door, your new heaven, may
Become an unintended hell.

An altitude of ale
A barometer of beer
A circulation of champagne
A depression of damassine
An equilibrium of eau de vie
A fractus of fenny
A gust of grappa
A hail of horilka
An isotherm of icewine
A jet stream of jenever
A kilopascal of kirsch
A layer of limoncello
A metamorphism of mead
A nocturnal of nuvo
An overcast of ouzo
A persistence of porter
A reaction of rakia
A storm of sake
A torrent of tequila
An updraft of unicum
A vortex of *****
A winter of whiskey

A disaster of drink

slogging.



on.



through.



these.



identical.



empty.


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stark.



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unfulfilled.



godfo­rsaken.



destitute.



days.



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step.



one.



step.
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one.



step.



one.



step.



one.



step.



one.



ste­p.



one.



step.



at.



a.



time.



every.



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ticked.



out.



in.



s­econds.



individually.



accounted



for.



brings.



me.

­

to.



my.



knees.



only.



to.



continue.



to.



cra­wl.



forward.



for.



if.



i.



stop.



the.



twilight­.



will.



swallow.



me.



and.



this.



mind.



numbin­g.



purgatory.



will.



turn.



into.



a.



veritable.

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living.



hell.