What's Your Poison?

By Elizabeth Harper

All revolutions squashed or co-opted.
Capitalism's rejects find solace
in the community of 12-Step programs,
addiction as group identity.

Here in the USA,
we don't have anarchy;
we don't have utopia.
Instead, we have AA.

Realizing that the world
is a fucking shithole
with power over us
that we are powerless to change...

Drinking isn't the problem.
It's the solution.
You can drink the Kool-Aid.
I'll stick with my vodka at the bar.

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