drinking with mexican religious candles

i know my habits.

for example,
2/3'rds
of a bottle of vodka
just won't make the split.

i need more.

so i'll go to a
cvs pharmacy,
or to one
of the two
liquor stores
down the street and
buy more.

and
as always
there are tens
of thousands
of dead cigarettes
lining my ashtray
like it's just all
some great big fucking
pilgrimage to the bottom
of my being.

but really
there is just no place left
to go.

so
i'll just sit here, burning
this mexican religious candle
of mano poderosa,
and drink everything
that remains
in front of me,
just a little bit more.