Stories tagged “Booze”
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The Trouble With Tipples
She was peacefully tending the front garden. The ground started shaking. She looked up, she swore she could see flames. She certainly saw clouds of smoke. The problem was all this noise and smoke were heading her way. The huge beast ground to a halt be...
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Drunk Frog
He was staggering across the lawn. He was trying so hard to keep in a straight line. Gravity got the better of him and sent him crashing to the lawn. He felt the cool dew laden grass against the side of his face. The last blurred image that played on h...
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Port of Call
Another port call, another dockside dive. Judson sat at the bar, slightly hunched, lost in the thin stream of smoke that rose from his cigarette. “Gimme another of whatever that was”, he grunted as he pushed his shot glass towards the old m...
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Friday Night
Friday night. End of the work week, for those who could find jobs. Time to party, get shitfaced, wake up miserable and do it all over again, for those who had friends. A perfect chance to take her out somewhere nice and have a romantic evening, for tho...
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News Flash/ Poetry vs Prose /Bloody Heap of Humanity
Here’s some news! I refuse to be used I choose careful clues A foot print pair of terrible hooves I stare stoned and lose Bare boned with barely Bearable blues and clarity Waking wearily wearing Booze breath Two step in my shoes Cruise in my f...
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Steam from a shower.
He woke up to the loud click of the bathroom door closing. The sound of water spraying out of the shower head began and he looked around the room. Empty whiskey bottles littered the filthy carpet. Beer bottles of mismatched brands sat on flat surfaces ...
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The Truth About Drunk Driving
He never heard my anguished cry of warning. I realized too late the terrible danger he was in and shouted out as loud as I could, but to no avail. It came at the end of the worst day of my life. I admit it. I’d been drinking – I’d bee...
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Dead Inside
I know why you do it. I know you must hurt inside. I know you feel you can’t stop. I know you feel dead inside. I know you’re an asshole. I know it makes it worse. I know how you hate yourself. I know how you’re dead inside. I know yo...