Awakening Insights: Moderation at 5:48 in the Morning

little is good

i repeat to myself
little is good

then again
when times are plentiful

and i
well,
get reckless a little

and wake 5.48 in the morning
telling myself

if you would have refrained
from those Guinness stouts

and that 10 pound
bag of weed

you wouldn’t be begging

Iffy the shopkeeper
for those two single

cigarettes…