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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