go the distance


 
A liquor store

has opened within walking distance

of my apt.
 

There was a time when this

would have been cause for

major celebration/jubilation.
 

But no longer—

 
These days I’m sober

and hoping to stay that way.

 
Lest walking distance becomes

scuffing, stumbling, tripping, veering

into the path of a speeding dump truck

distance.