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a poem by Jason Huskey (1 of 2)
Advice For The Broken Hearted
(Because You Think I Care)
The first step
is admission:
you’re a loser.
If needed,
punch a stranger's
automobile.
If he or she does not
have an automobile,
baby-spitters will suffice.
If feelings persist,
invite yourself inside
the third house down the street
and excuse yourself.
Take nine random pills
from their medicine cabinet.
Go home. Blend
pills with eighty-proof
Virginia vodka.
Drink the solution
in your favorite chair.
Then, wait.
Erections lasting longer
than four hours
deserve an applause--
God.
Damn.
It.
And if you survive the night,
a gun will be provided.
You will have earned it.
She will never take you back.
is admission:
you’re a loser.
punch a stranger's
automobile.
have an automobile,
baby-spitters will suffice.
invite yourself inside
the third house down the street
Take nine random pills
from their medicine cabinet.
pills with eighty-proof
Virginia vodka.
in your favorite chair.
Then, wait.
than four hours
deserve an applause--
Damn.
It.
a gun will be provided.
You will have earned it.