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oblivion

Oblivion

September 20, 2019 by Deanna Repose Oaks

Music, mayhem, drunks
swirling faster than
a twirly spoon in
craft cocktails
Through the room

– so alive with sound and drowning in booze –

I see my passed life

Pass before my eyes
Life’s spectral ghosts unseen by those younger than I

Wavering on the precipice of youth
Trying to build the handrail to
Keep me upright, inside

Music, mayhem, drunks
now
swirling faster
toward…

Filed Under: Random Poetry Tagged With: drunks, mayhem, Music, oblivion, Poetry

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