By Kase!
Date: 2004 Mar 12
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[[2004.03.12.11.34.772]]

A Woman Walks into a Bar....

Chain smoking Marlboro reds
on a cracked vinyl barstool,
my smoky breath mingling into
a communial cloud
exhaled by other lips
as lonely as mine tonight.

Tonight, Lord, why tonight?
words thrown around
as carelessly as theese
shots of liquid fire
thrown down my throat.
Refill, bartender, repeat.

Numb me, mister,
with a shot of something warm
chased by cold beer
and cold thoughts.
Another lil glass slammed
down, down, down.
Rinse, refill, repeat.

Six empty glasses
coupled side by side
and two brown bottles
paired together with backwash
and my bitterness.
Gimme another round---
even the damn bottles have mates!