OF POETRY, WHISKEY AND BUK. by R.M. Engelhardt

2 shots = happiness

3 shots = love



While 4 shots will

make you Bukowski

or at least you think

so at the bar.



and 5 shots will

make you a genius

as you stumble

towards the mic,

as you mumble

something incredible

and all the other

drunks applaud



(and that none of them will ever remember)



and by 6 shots

you are invincible

and by 7 you are god

and by 9 you are just a poet

writing sonnets to the floor



“oh floor, beneath thy

porcelain sculpture

beautiful, my love,



the world spinning,

swimming around

thy sorry sorry

skull.



fin.

R.M. Engelhardt is an author, poet & writer whose work over the years has appeared in many journals & magazines such as Rusty Truck, Thunder Sandwich, Full of Crow, In Between Hangovers, Writers Resist and in many others. His new book of poetry is called " Coffee Ass Blues & Other Poems" published by Alien Buddha Press (2018) . He is also the host of The Troy Poetry Mission, an open mic for poets located in Troy, NY.