Bradford Middleton writes

A STEP TOWARDS IMMORTALITY

I’ve taken my foot off the gas at work

Back to 16 hours a week allowing me

To refocus here on the word on this

Luxurious Thursday night, nursing a

Glass more than half-full and an ashtray

That’s got a bit more to go before I

Chuck it all asunder.

Today all I’ve done is sit around, doze

Re-write a soon to be legendary story

And smoke as the daze pass here caught

In a never-ending battle to get on, closer

To death, closer

To immortality

And further away from those goddamn tills.