Michael Ernest Sweet
Originally published in The Evergreen Review Issue 119 in August, 2009.
I drink
write
and have sex
then I do it all over again
drink
write
sex
write
sex
drink
drink
that’s it, that’s what I do
I write poetry
drink whiskey
and have sex
I could just
drink and have sex
but then
I would have
to live on the other side of town
sit at the back of the bus
and explain my death
