NEEDED

My lips pull at the bottle
In search of the killer of pain
Sun bakes the road grime and sweat on my skin
Tightening and stiffening the lines in my face

Windows rolled up, staring faces of passers by
I stand as a example of the dregs of humanity
A warning sign, perhaps a beware sign
A homeless reminder of the evils of drink.

Were it a century ago
I would have been paraded
by the ladies of the Temperance League as
a sufferer if Depsomania,

The new age thinking is,
“it’s all his” fault
Well maybe it is,
I just have one thing to say

Without a black, white would not have an opposite
Without a thief you’d know not an honest man
Without lonely true love would lose its allure 
Without we drunkards where would the Pious be?

Our service as a warning sign
Is fully self supported
Please do your part
Five dollars given at the stop light
Will surely not go amiss.

J.T.Davis Jr
Cal State graduate 
Class of ‘93
Overpass Hwy US 45 south
Exit 473
Dallas,Tx
Current employment.....
Beware Sign