All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
The whiskey curse
January 11, 2010
I can smell the whiskey on your breath. Your words, they smash together like colliding birds, awkward and unsettled. Your hands, your rough caloused hands, they grip the front of my shirt in angry fists. Your large swollen, drunken eyes shift and slide beneath their sockets. Leering at me daring me to utter one word. But courageously I sputter a measly heart felt statement, a statement that makes you stop a second and rethink what you are about to do.
“Remember what you said yesterday? Where is that man now?”
© Angela B., Holland Patent, NY
Similar Articles
Previous Next
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 1 comment.
AndThisIsReal PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 17 2010 at 6:40 am
"The words they smash together like colliding birds". Fact: I like that line. This is a good poem, it's short but gets the point across very well and I can tell you people will be and are able to relate to this. By the way I appreciate your comments, thank you. :)
