Dreams Distilled

Warm tendrils of breath

Where aching resides

Desire quakes

Promises are gnats

Swatted away

Dreams distilled in bottles of Jim

Where anguish blooms

Watered by tears and liquor

Accusations made

Truth festers

Emotions are gangrenous

Where is the healing

The prophet, the sage

In print and sixty six books

That people evade

Strength resides

Anesthetic pours

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