Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Early Morning Bourbon

"...Jim Beam always knew the right thing to say..."

Early Morning Bourbon

it’s what kept me sane during lonesome winters
and mourning periods; suicidal thoughts flew out the fucking window
after glass number three and Jim Beam always knew the right thing to say.

pouring rotgut down my throat in a constant torrent of brilliance was the sole
way to survive the crepuscular days; without it, without the dives,

I’d be nothing but rotting flesh and disintegrating bones.

the bottles on my desk formed a formidable wall against
everything the world kept throwing at me.

in empty rooms, dimlit joints, and dark alleyways and parks,
bourbon maintained a balanced state of madness that kept me sane.







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