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Lucky

The old sea dog, and his mutt,    
soiled with wine stains after  
a cold night of Two Buck Chuck,    
    
staggers as he leans over    
too much, peering, trying to    
see in the first light of day.    
   
Looking for ciggie butts on    
an abandoned pier where the    
old carousel's boarded up.    
   
The tide is still high off shore,    
and gulls languish overhead.    
Sea dog hits gold, a Lucky's!
 
It's only a dank, half-smoked,
stepped-on cigarette, but still
he's smiling his toothless grin.



• Two Buck Chuck = Charles Shaw Wines sell for $1.99 a bottle at Trader Joe's.
• Lucky = Lucky Strikes brand.
Written by Jade-Pandora (jade tiger)
Published | Edited 28th Oct 2018
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