3.26.2022

a walk along dark

Where you went to hide from everyone 
In a city people visit for other reasons, 
In a room with a Don't Disturb sign 
Left on the door day and night, 
While you sat around in your underwear 
Staring at the dead TV screen for hours, 
 
Waiting for after midnight to sneak 
Past the desk clerk in the lobby and visit 
Some ill-lit dive in the neighborhood 
For a beer or two and a bite to eat 
Then a walk along dark, deserted streets 
In no hurry and no direction in mind, 
 
Slipping back into bed toward daybreak 
To lie awake listening to the rain, 
While the leaves outside the window 
Turn the color of fire, the one you read 
Was started by some boy in church 
To impress his pale and silent girlfriend. 
 

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