Saturday, May 14, 2022

What Are the Odds ~ Saturday, May 14, 2022

All I need is another drink
and one more line of coke

to get me through this wretched night
of drugs and drink and dope

thankfully, from stupidity
I was caught in the act

honestly I binged for twelve years
before my brain was wracked

entered into recovery
knew this was not for me

Mad as a hatter and barmy
making amends with glee

after I got my head on straight
tried to join the Army

decided I was wrong-headed
and sought out the Navy

How they laughed when they saw my face
I was a wreck for years

angels of mercy couldn't help
a sad sack full of tears

terrible with my decisions
I was still a winner

taught as a youth to ride horses
I put two thousand down

even a long-shot as Rich Strike
could win at Churchill Downs

reason told me eighty-to-one
could make a clown not frown

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