changing for the greater good
it’s never too late to change
if that’s what’s needed
to keep the peace
the doctor recommended
lightening up on the bud heavy
so I bought a bottle of scotch whiskey
placing it by the beside since that’s
where I start & end the day
I stopped weighing myself
after starting a diet based on
foreign proteins
broken promises
domesticated pastas
and starched pink shirts
believing what one doesn’t know
won’t kill me
with each passing hour my hair
& beard grow longer
my bell bottom jeans dragging on the floor
fraying beautifully & reminding me
how going backward
is just as easy as going forward
november two thousand twenty-four
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“Bud Heavy” took me a second but I appreciate the wordplay.
Thank you; that was a last-minute change from the word “beer”.
“my bell bottom jeans dragging on the floor
fraying beautifully & reminding me
how going backward
is just as easy as going forward”
Oh my gosh, I love this so much. ♡
I swear by fasting, days at a time. Read about autophagy if you’re interested. I think it turns back the clock and heals what’s broken. Last week, I fasted completely from Sunday evening to Wednesday morning, then again from Wednesday evening until Friday night. It helps you shed damaged or dying/dead cells, from what I read. And it’s good for your skin, organs, brain, everything.
Thanks so much for visiting again and sharing your thoughts on this piece.