two cups of coffee in poetry

I’ve run outta vitamins
and I’ve run outta weed
and all the rest of the
pills that some doctors
prescribed can’t gimmie
half of what I actually
need

two cups of coffee and
a fistful of the advil
might get me through
the rest of this day
but as for tomorrow
I’ve no fucking clue
what possibly will
as for how I’ll get
me to sleep, I dunno
maybe eight or nine
diphenhydramines
generic for benedryl

two cups of coffee and
a fistful of the advil
I am a pot-metal steel
and time is the anvil

Last updated June 22, 2024