Dogs 2020


20 + 2(3/27/2020)
rather
than celebrate
I kept
silent vigil
sobriety
is a tricky
thing
the two
people
whom I knew
with the most
time sober
and who still
went back
to drinking
both had
19 years
one
disappeared
the other
eventually
killed himself
now
two days
past twenty
I feel
a bit more
confident
a bit more
relieved
you would
think
that every day
without alcohol
would increase
my odds
of staying
that way
but every
day
is a crap shoot
every
sunrise
a new
beginning
so I look
at the calendar
circle
the 27th
the only
day
that I
have