Hangover (for Kory)

by

Diane Klammer

When you wake up drowning in golden fog
With the suns light blinding your eyes
When you’ve eaten most of the Sahara Desert
Tunneling through sand and spitting out the grit
When last night is a blank highway
You know yesterday was your birthday

When your head can blow up the whole Middle East
Your stomach is a balloon that lurched and popped
A river is rushing in your ears
When loud voices demand where you’ve been
You ooze down the stairs
Long for the dog’s hair
Pray for the day to go away

When you’re free falling through yesterday
Or left swimming through time
That snuck by leaving you an adult
When there was a dance in your walk
But now an umbrella is around your neck
When you want to sink unencumbered
Through a glass darkly
You will kill for an aspirin

When time seems to evaporate
Tasting like stale candy in a drawer
The hours seem to speak
The last complaints of life
Hold on to your immense courage
Remember the whole world
Will again be your oyster

When friends and family start to sound
Like a room of voices singing off key
Demands of the day
Soak up your energy like a sponge
Remember and celebrate how loved you are
And go mow the lawn

NEXT?
Why don't you look at I am not saying
by: Francis Duggan
from: Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia

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