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Milwaukee's Best
12 cans
1 case
5 empty cardboard boxes of beer in the garage even though i took the garbage out two days ago
4pm
A beer with dinner
11am
A beer to get rid of the thoughts flooding his mind
A bail ticket coming out of my college tuition
A bail ticket coming out of the back pocket of my fathers sweatpants that he wore to his 14 hour shift at work
A 12 pack of Milwaukee's best $6.99 at the grocery store and $5.79 at the liquor store just down the street.
Our savings account is empty and my father is quiet
He says nothing but his mind is full and in riot
A functioning alcoholic in a dysfunctional mind,
So much love in his heart, but still his happiness will not align
A DUI and an OWI but still the madness ensues,
He refuses to let the light of contentment shed through
I love my father, and i love his soul,
But it has been far too long seeing him live without control
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