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Gary Hunter

Confidence by the Ounce - May 10, 2023

one beer and we all get cocky

a glass of wine and it’s

two rungs up the social ladder


alcohol is cheap confidence


a discounted dash of courage

bargain basement bluster

200 cents of temporary

ascendance in the world


and what’s wrong with being

Cinderella for a night?


loopy creations on the dance floor

falling out your glass slippers

some not-so-subtle slurs


to hold the eyes of onlookers

who can’t take them off you


till the lights wink off and

you’re seen leaving


down that dark alley

that hopefully leads home

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