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Departure

passed by the last chance

saloon

 

no final drink

or words

to rearrange

 

no one here to apologize to

 

sucking me in

with effortless ease

I say goodbye

 

to the decaying disease

 

 

©2009 Lenny Gazbowski

 

 

 

 

 

 


— Lenny of Cohen, Aug 06, 2009

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Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

16 years 10 months ago

Departure

~~~~~~~~~~AWESOME LENNY~~~~~~~~~~ _____________________________________________________ Income-tax forms should be more realistic by allowing the taxpayer to list "Uncle Sam" as a dependent Anonymous
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Kenneth Sharp

16 years 10 months ago

Bravo. I see this as a

Bravo. I see this as a succinct but poignant piece on a recovering alcoholic on the path to sobriety.
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barbsdad2003

16 years 10 months ago

Wow!

Cogent, poignant. Powerful. A man here of few words. Saying much. Thanx, Chuck