“believe me”

by Ben Smith

You don’t know
What it's like
To be drunk
At night

Alone and twisting
Your body
Into the
Strangest
Positions.

Face all pressed
Up and weird

Bent wristed
Like a dinosaur.

an
Empty
Three ringed
Six pack
On the floor.

The blues
In the
Back ground

my mum
And dad
Worrying about me
In the bed
With the sleepless
Nights.

I feel bad
But id feel
Worse knowing
I never
Had a
Crack.