Sam Adams Last Drink

He kept his New Year's resolution
until the last day of the year.
Why was he giving it up now?

Sam Adams thought
Long and hard
Why was he back
In that infamous din
Of iniquity,

The Cosmos Bar
In Soi Cowboy
In Bangkok
The city of Lost Angels?

He was about
To have his first drink
After being sober
For almost one year

His first resolution
Was to stop drinking

His second
Was to stop
Chasing woman.

His third
Was to lose
50 pounds.

He had kept
All three
Had not been laid
In almost a year.

He was so ready for a drink
And for sex.

He ordered a drink
From his favorite bartender
That half naked smiling Khun Lek

She said

“Hey Khun Sam
Where you’ve been
I missed you,
my lover toy boy..”

Sam explained
He had resolved
To quit booze
And sex for a year.

She laughed
“Well, if you are going off the wagon,
I can help you with that
And if you are going to resume sex,
I can help you with that, too.”

Sam began drinking heavily
Snorted cocaine
Smoke weed
Dropped acid..

He was about to go home
With Khun Lek
At dawn.

When he stepped outside
And was run over by a bus
Died on the spot.
The Grim reaper scratched
His name off his list.



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