mini miller high life
i wish i could go bust these bottles in the middle of my street.
(they fit so well in my small hand like grenades)
throw ’em as far & hard as i can
flippantly & uncaring
over my shoulder.
the best part, the anticipation of impact
(while running wildly in the opposite direction).
away from conformity.
away from authority.
the unmistakable satisfiying sound
of poverty, hopeless teenage hood angst
and anger:
shattering glass.
oh nostalgia!
when you hated where you lived
so much, you wanted to punish it.
make it uglier & meaner.
& you still do.
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That ending, yah know that was me once the whole poem really, ironically the crappy service industry jobs that I started out with gave me some clarity, this poem is good one for sure
thank you. frustration makes a dangerous fuel.
This
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I always love your poems.
Once at a bar, an older man who had an award-winning mustache (and the a t-shirt that said “First Place”) told me he used to call those mini bottles of beer “grenades”. This reminded me of that.
thank you bronson. i never knee they were called that.
*knew ffs it gives me such anxiety that i can’t edit post. haha.
fill them shits up first with alcohol with a flaming rag and THEN youll have a fareal party!
i can neither confirm or deny that i have ever done such a thing.
Then end of this poem! gotdamn.
the front end could use some polish. just glad to be writing again. thank you mccurry.
So good !
thank you darling. i have really enjoyed reading your work.
Wonderful expression. You put me on so many small town streets across America tonight. Excellent.
thank you so much. funny how our youth comes in to finer focus the older we get.
I LOVE YOUR WORK. thank you.
thank you sweet darling.