Watch Out

Here's a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k5NY8ZMx3I

Death winks at the
lilies that smile in
the rain.
He takes her.
The last dirty trick.

Watered drinks and
syphilis doesn't do the
patrons any good.
Too much grief for
placebos and madness.
Relief must come.
Booze and fantasy just
bring sickness, and
licking frogs is
out of the question.

Pipe dreams ease the pain
if you smoke them slowly.
Watch the blue ghost curl
into the feeling fan.

This saloon is home for the
iceman.
So, buy me another drink,
and we can think about
doing it all
tomorrow.
Isn't that right, Mr. O'Neil?

Author's Note

On my YouTube channel, I read from my recently published books, Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems and It's Just a Hop, Skip, and Jump to the Madhouse, both are available on Amazon.

www.thomaswcase.com

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

I must say, licking frogs is definitely out of the question. This one is about serious drinking, and it is filled with heavy imagery about the hard drinking life. Yes, for many the saloon is home for the iceman.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, John.

[Soren]

A most raw and down home manner of speaking and telling of the tale. Great work

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.