Hangover

He is a red wine headache-

vague memories of a night meant

to go better and morning's regret.

Feeling strangely out of place

dissheveled and full of that

suddenly all-too frequent 

dissapointment in my actions

or myself.

He is that aching in my temples-

the light that hurts my eyes-

the insistant wobbly feeling in

my belly telling me I should have

given him up ten bottles or

a year ago.

The asprin is a bandaid

And the tea I cuddle in 

my hands like a lifesaver

is folk remedy passed down

woman-to-woman for generations

like maybe if we put the kettle on

it can cure all

even

make the pain go away

but at the end of the day

it is a choice I make to 

take him off the shelf again

and drink deep

a habit I am allowing myself

to keep

despite the repercussions. 

"hangover"- 9-16-13- jessicagadziala

Reviews

[WriterNamedZeke]

I love this whole idea!!! It's great

[Simon Welsh]

Hangovers suck. I've started getting them. You've conveyed the pain well.

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Well said in the lines of the subject matter...we all have gone through the experience...if you are a drinker of course...I did stumble a bit in the last stanza....if I may explain:

The asprin is a bandaid
And the tea I cuddle in
my hands like a lifesaver
is folk remedy passed down
woman-to-woman for generations
like maybe if we put the kettle on
it can cure all
even
make the pain go away
but at the end of the day
it is a choice I make to
take him off the shelf again
and drink deep
a habit I am allowing myself
to keep
despite the repercussions.
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Aspirin is a Band-Aid
And tea I cuddle in
my hands like a lifesaver
is folk remedy passed down
woman-to-woman for generations
maybe if we put the kettle on
it can cure all
even
make pain go away
but at the end of the day
it is a choice I make to
take him off shelf again
and drink deep
a habit I am allowing myself
to keep
despite repercussions.

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Just in IMPO --- you can keep as is --- you are the author of this work...seems to be jammed a bit in the last part of this verse...good to read you...have a nice day at the Cafe....