The bar provides distraction
Shin provides the drinks
I trade haikus for lines
Bathroom too crowded to piss
So —
I find a space beneath the patio
Stay there for a smoke
Listen to the heels above,
Watch someone’s car getting stolen
And —
The world doesn’t turn here
It’s rocksteady ska and punk
It’s Garth Brooks and Willie
It’s David Byrne and Jerry
I’m not as young as I used to be
Yet not as old as these fuckers
Is this how a drinker is born?
Then —
Someone yells
Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts
So I stumble homeward
Before the mash begin
It is June and soft and humid
Tomorrow?
Well, I guess we’ll do it all again
Killing time, waiting for death
- Afton Light, 2021
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