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May 02, 2005
Serving Time
waiting on a woman;
like being in jail
all those wasted years
in parlors
in the company of a flask
and a comfortless couch
treading through magazines that mean nothing
serving time
until its time
to get lost
every day spent
with the one you love
(whoever that may be
at any particular time)
you discover at least one thing
about her
that speaks to the back of your mind
saying
'this will never work'
'this will never last'
so you pour one drink
after another
over that voice
and light candles
and whisper dreams
and consummate
the tired flesh
and somewhere beneath
there is a clock ticking
which you somehow manage
to forget ..
for a while
none of this
wears you down anymore
hope is something
you cashed out on
long ago
the less you come to expect
outside of the inevitable
the more you can endure the rotting fruits
of your labor
and so
life fails you
the women fail you
the springtime fails you
your body fails you
the list wraps around
your heart
like a vice
deeper into the bottle
deeper into the black
looking for a better ending
that never comes
Posted by Drexler at May 2, 2005 12:25 PM