POEM STARTER
Write a poem from the perspective of someone drunk and brave.
Play with the style of the poem to convey their current state.
LUCID
I crack a joke with the bartender
Kiss a woman
Shrug my shirt off
Clap my friend’s back
_Nothing matters_
Whiskey warm in my throat
My brain fuzzy
My smile permanent
My phone buzzing in my pocket
Perhaps my wife is texting me
_Nothing matters _
I kiss the woman’s throat
Push away the looming darkness
Take another gulp and hope
That the warmth will return
_Nothing matters _
I am indestructible
I am euphoric
_I am happy _
Night has swept the people away
I stumble out into the street
Laughing at everything and nothing
The lamppost lights
An oldie song playing nearby
My own stupidly red face
A flash of headlights
A car horn
Then I see red
