White Liquor and Tequila
Vodka, gin, whiskey and tequila.
Vodka’s my favorite. Eggs and vodka are a bad breakfast.
I can see the tip of my nose. Things split, jump and slither.
School’s hard. I sleep and I smoke in the bathroom.
The principal calls me down. Mom’s there, thin and white.
No school for a week.
Mom takes me home. She sucker punches me. She slaps and slugs and spins me around.
She cries.
There’s nothing I can do.
She just shakes her head.
I go for a nap.
It’s been a long day.