David Lee was named the first Poet Laureate of Utah in 1997, and he has also received the Utah Governor’s Award for lifetime achievement in the arts. His work draws on a rich experience that includes seminary study, boxing, raising hogs, and becoming the only white athlete to play for the Negro League Post Texas Blue Stars. Retired from Southern Utah University, where he taught for more than three decades, Lee divides his time among Oregon, Nevada, and Utah.

Closing Suite: Last Call

by David Lee

Idyll: Thursday night, Adolph’s, Lakehills, Texas

      This is everywhere I’ve ever been.
      —John Sims

Do you like being drunk?

Well hell no
where’d you get such of a stupid idea?
I like getting drunk
being drunk isn’t much special
getting over being drunk
makes you wonder
why the hell you did that again
but when you start all over
well that’s where the difference is
People on couch
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