And I began to have enough.
Perhaps a leak was all I needed
To make or break, my kidneys pleaded.
Grasping non-existent walls did I
Squinting down and up did sigh
I began to navigate
The piles of pillows and clams on plates
I staggered near, I staggered far
And staggered there - look, the bar!
I ordered another beer - mistake.
Drank it as hit the personal earthquake.
Screaming their protesting ache
My kidneys pray to me for goodness sake.
But because the pain is non-abating
I follow the pictures of a man urinating.
I step through the beaded partition
And find myself inside the kitchen.
The cooks scream at me in some unknown vox
And push me towards a karaoke box.
A button is pushed, the lights blink on
Yesterday plays as a nude-girl song.
Uninterested I stare, a belch hits the air
The crowd applauds my savoir-faire.
Bowing to their screams of praise,
My kidneys and now bowels enrage.
I stagger and slip upon the microphone
And find myself sitting prone.
I'm unsure how I found the Japanese toilet.
In my state I'm unsure how to use it.
Sitting upon the smelly floor
I know I don't wanna drink no more.
How did I get back to my apartment?
Who paid the bill? I need a breath mint.
Is someone helping me to my bed?
Please dear god, just kill me dead.
I hold on for dear life,
As the spins take hold and make me not rhyme.
Stop the world, I want to get snoring
Oh crap, it's Thursday I have work in the morning.
Somewhere realizing that drunk people shouldn't try to write poetry,
Andrew Joseph
Today's title is by The Doors - Drink It Up
PS - Yes, I wrote this after an office enkai (party) when I tried to find a washroom and somehow ended up back at my place. All of us at the OBOE (Ohtawara Board of Education) were blotto at this shindig. It's a continuous rite of passage to get drunk with your co-workers. You know what's really sad... I don't think I was ever allowed to pay for a drink when I was with a Japanese person in three whole years.
PPS - The karaoke machine did offer The Beatles Yesterday, but the video, as described, had a nude woman flouncing through a meadow.
PPPS - No animals were hurt in the making of this blog, and no names were changed to protect the innocent as no one was innocent.
PPS - The karaoke machine did offer The Beatles Yesterday, but the video, as described, had a nude woman flouncing through a meadow.
PPPS - No animals were hurt in the making of this blog, and no names were changed to protect the innocent as no one was innocent.
