sobriety

sobriety

and now that it is morning
and people in warren above are waking up
he has no cigarettes left
he looks in the ashtray to see if there is
a half-smoked fag left
there is none!
not all is lost, a bottle of beer in the fridge
he drinks it and finds a fag on the floor
makes him happy, and when he sees
a drop left in the bottle of gin
behind the sofa, he is jubilant
now he can be drunk; He thinks that is great
still, he worries about what to do
when the bottle is empty
he shared something he read about AA
people who are happily sober
"How is that possible" in a world of chaos
do they know something he has missed?
At the local supermarket, two staffers
treat him well; do not make fun of him
when he is buying wine
They are the sort of people he could ask
where they go to find whatever peace
 they possess