retaliation
it was two weeks
after you returned
from rehab, dad
I found the first
vodka bottle,
a Smirnoff pint,
stashed beneath
the driver's seat
of your Ford.
I propped the
empty on the
dashboard like
a bobble-head.
I didn't tell you
this then, but...
going into my room
and leaving my
dog-eared copies
of Penthouse on
my pillow next
to the Vaseline...
that was a
pretty good comeback.
Karl Koweski is a displaced Region Day now living in a valley in rural Alabama. His latest collection of poetry from Roadside Press "Abandoned By All Things" is out now.
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