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Chocolate Waters

way out


without the smokes

the booze

bravado

pain killers

anti-depressants

the unrequited love of 20 yrs.

and

sugar…!


wish I'd said yes to jesus


no way out


out

to a comedy club tonite

so

not funny

yet

so funny

c'mon mike nichols

I know you're in this audience

of 3


trudging home

I stop


a pack of cigarettes

a pint of dewar's


no way out


but back?


oh


sweet


jesus!



THE GUITAR PLAYER'S LATEST GIG


I'm stuffing the beer mug under my arm,

stealing out the door

when I spot you.

Here at this know-nothing bar

in this know-nothing part of Manhattan

where I know nothing

except the startling rush

of your auburn hair,

glint of a sweet silver necklace

shimmers in your eyes 

like a stone.


You want to be a stone:

a Rolling Stone,

a sophisticated star-studded stone,

rolling away from

this know-nothing bar in Manhattan,

draped across a limo.

Off to M TV,

the Grammy Awards,

Naomi Judd's next daughter.

I know you - 


don't

love me.

I shelter that beer mug

under my arm

and cart it home.

I really do hope that

you get what you want,

but I know

you're not

going to.



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Thunder Sandwich #26 - Summer/Fall 2005