Sozzled
Sozzled
Swarthy and bearded
a dominant brute
of salacious repute
exhaling blue smoke
betwixt whiskey and a joke
Propped up yet leaning
one eye seeing
with hat tossed back
a knotted tie is slack
Always here, never there
tight stained his attire
A lamp casts a shadow
as a curtain does a window
Stupified and nonchalant
the day's climax redundant
The cycle is broken and not breathing
he urinates before leaving
The wayward goes his way
falling over an empty tray
on his homeward way
keith jeffries
Mon 17th Aug 2020 14:29
Abdul, Paul, Don and Shifa,
Thank you for your comments. The hangover was ghastly
Keith