By Misti
Date: 2004 May 21
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Requiem (SLurred)

at work a couple of hours early on a Friday
hung over, pounding head
did we really say those words to each other
yeah, I guess we did
you said goodbye so easily
the last time we fucked
I was dry as the Gobi
took a hot bath
but you were sympathetic
yesterday afternoon I could not stand being alone
sold a stack of books for ten bucks
and a book of poems by the lady Beat
whose name I've already forgotten
went to Louie's and had a beer and margarita and wings
looking through the Alibi
I thought This is What it Means to Be Single
I am so fucking independent
drinking alone in a pub
on a Thursday right before rush hour
then I went home and passed out
woke up thinking of you
drove to you and you were gone
so I went crazy, like I do
left a bitchy message on your machine
drove to the Atomic
met a guy named Jason who bought me a shot of Cuervo
and gave me a Camel and the only joke about Texas
he knew
now we are through and it's real
and I feel regret and shame and at least
a dozen different things
that seem familiar
leaving me no other conclusion
than I will survive you
like I have survived
all the
rest.