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Drinks from Misery MAG

August 25, 2014
By ChrisJ PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
ChrisJ PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
24 articles 15 photos 289 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.


Sadness and I walked into a bar last night,
Misery was serving cocktails.
“On the house,” she told us.

Sadness and I had one hell of a day,
so we decided to drink from Misery.
If I hadn’t gotten so drunk with Sadness,
I wouldn’t have had to call Sorrow
for a ride back home.
Now my hangover sucks
and Ignorance keeps leaving me messages:
“Call back when you can,
I’ll be waiting in the framed reflection,
just try and smile back once in a while.”

It seems Joy is having a great time without me,
honeymooning with Happiness,
sipping cocktails after Misery ends her shift.
After I’ve finished my reckless consumption of her.

And so Sadness and I walked into a bar last night,
to find Misery serving everyone drinks.
That’s when everything fell apart for me,

but not for Sadness.



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NoniDoni GOLD said...
on Jan. 19 2015 at 1:03 pm
NoniDoni GOLD, Calabasas, California
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Thought provoking! I enjoyed reading it! post comments and check out my work!

on Sep. 6 2014 at 5:00 pm
ChrisJ PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
24 articles 15 photos 289 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.

Dear dgeileen and alymurphy, thank you so much for the kind comments! I'll make sure to read your work as well.

on Sep. 6 2014 at 2:56 pm
dgeileen PLATINUM, Livingston, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

It's so cool how your personified emotions and feelings!

on Sep. 5 2014 at 12:15 pm
alymurphy BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
What a slut time is; she screws everybody.

I love this; great job!