“How you been sleeping?”
The physiologist
at the westy clinic tells me
my liver is abnormal.
Asks how ive been sleeping
I tell the Indian dude
Who swears so he can
Relate to me
and my tattoos
That I sleep like a baby.
That I haven’t been to bed
Sober in over seven months.
When he asks if im suicidal
I tell him im afraid of death
And he writes it in his computer.
He says
"No poor bastard can
Live forever,
Ben."
Im diagnosed with anxiety (again)
and depression
Then he says
he fears
im an alcoholic
He Says next week
I want to know what you
Want from these sessions
And to have at least three
Alcohol free days.
cook a t-bone steak
drink a beer.
I think I will give next week a miss.
and the week after that.
I want nothing out of
this
at
all.















































"Drunk at the matinee" is a collection of candid poetry about stupid shit that we all experience from day to day.



