“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”

So I had this, like
awakening
or whatever.
And now I’m principled.

And I want you to know, I saw you.
I saw you and did nothing.

It was around 2 p.m. on a Saturday in June.
Not an outrageous time for a drink, not in times like these,
plus the sun was out and the breeze was nice.
You were on a sidewalk — not brunching on Limestone
traffic blowing by — you were hunched in the dark doorway of a shuttered business.
You were staring. 

I saw you and did nothing.
You were staring at two bottles, a 20 ounce of Mountain Dew and
a fifth of vodka. Peggy Olson says vodka and Mountain Dew isn’t a cocktail, it’s an emergency. I saw the look in your eyes and recognized it, remembered it, felt it.

I saw what would happen next. 

I saw what you saw, and the emergency is everywhere.
And from this particular vantage–
chasing Dark Eyes Vodka with Mountain Dew makes as much sense as anything else.

I saw you and did nothing. Next time,
if you’re still around for a next time,
I’ll see you and