January 2006 /Volume Seven / Issue One
James Babbs
First Time

I stole a bottle of
vodka from the filing
cabinet in my
parents’ bedroom and
brought it to
the party where
I mixed it with
rum and something I
don’t remember now
having no idea how
it would send me
early in the night to
the bathroom vomiting
wallowing on the dirty floor
calling some girl’s name
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