A Pretty Good Drunk

I drink when I’m happy or

I have something to celebrate, something

good like a birth, wedding, or divorce

I used to drink in bars and pubs because

I like people, I like watching people,

I like to share wine or whiskey with

intelligent girls and find out how their

mind works, so different from my own

I think I’m supposed to be learning

things in this long life, maybe they

can teach me;

I drink when I’m sad when I’m alone

and that cold realization comes whistling

through like B.A.R.T. through a station

like a bullet, like a bludgeon I go

for the booze, dive for the numb

I think I’m supposed

to be learning something in this long life,

and maybe it can teach me;

I drink and I toast the sunset and

I think this has been a pretty f*****g

good day all things considered but

I think I’m supposed to be learning

something in this long life and lately

all I’m learning is how to be

a pretty good drunk like

everyone else.