too bloody thin

it’s good to scratch the skin

but not till it’s too thin

when the blood backs up in nails

then the purpose all but fails

and the pleasures life diminish

so time once more to finish

likewise as liquor feeds the feeling

much like writing from the ceiling

though without a mémoire aide

inspiration seems to fade

just like all the sober prose

where once the verve arose

so adjuncts to nature rule

resembling actor of the fool

for the very essence high

enables sight beyond the sky

ahh, but still scratching of the skin

now it’s got too bloody thin

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