Metaphor # 9 by Cassandra Natualle

I could really use a shot of Johnnie
Walker right now, boredom, boredom makes me
want to drink, a shot's for someone scrawny,
I'd prefer a double, but then I'd be

paying twice as much, and I wouldn’t want
that. How about one entire bottle?
Not all at once, just let the bottle taunt
you, throw shot by shot until you waddle

like a duck running toward the water
of a small pond in a small park, feet first
you'll jump, followed by your son and daughter
who are also looking to quench their thirst

on the smooth taste of pond water.  Drink up,
fill your bottle, highball, collins, and cup.

"I Could Really Use A Drink" by Kenneth Larot Yamat

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