Alex Stolis

How to Drink Yourself Sober

Chapter Three: More About Alcoholism- John the Revelator

 

God walk down in the cool of the day called Adam by his

name and Eve turned her back naked pale white against

my chest. It was summer. So hot the big lake turned dark

and the sky was blood warm. Eve cut her hair with a razor

trying to be all Patti Smith cool unaffected. Called me her

book of revelations. Climbed on top of me, kissed the smile

right off my face. This was before the animals were named

before Adam refused to answer because he was ashamed.

Eve knows the serpent’s on his way, reads the future in the

pauses between our breaths. Eden’s not the kind of place we

are comfortable living. We are rich, newly minted and ready

for this world to burn.

Alex Stolis lives in Minneapolis; he has had poems published in numerous journals. Two full length collections Pop. 1280, and John Berryman Died Here were released by Cyberwit and available on Amazon. His work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in Piker’s Press, Jasper's Folly Poetry Journal, Beatnik Cowboy, One Art Poetry, Black Moon Magazine, and Star 82 Review. His chapbook, Postcards from the Knife-Thrower's Wife, was released by Louisiana Literature Press in 2024. http://www.louisianaliterature.org/2024/04/11/new-release-announcement-alex-stolis/ , RIP Winston Smith from Allen Buddha Press 2024, and The Hum of Geometry; The Music of Spheres, 2024 by Bottlecap Press.