By chris
Date: 2005 Feb 14
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the gifts that keep on giving

no maria's in sante fe this year
no driving the fifty miles home
listening to the new
paula cole cd
in absolute silence
because you're pissed off
as much at yourself as the
significant other next
to you
no
what i think we'll do this
valentine's day is spent it
at your apartment
your son taking our drink orders
me depressurizing after speaking
to stupid people for ten hours
so the bills can be paid
(why i'm still at that job
can't really be explained -
the pros and cons have been
weighed so many
times
the fucking scale broke)
but anyway
later i'll go outside
for a smoke
and shorten my life a little bit
more
seeing your face through the
sliding glass door
and wondering
again
why you came along
for the ride
when the carnival by all rights
should have been run out of town
long ago