Monday, July 7, 2014

only loved you when I was drinking

                     We met in a village dive-bar reeking of diesel
                     what you may of been thinking
                     relocating into a filthy tenement building with me
                     must of been pure adoration
                     though I
                     only loved you while I was drinking
                     which was
                     as many hours
                     there are in a day
                     save those angelic morning moments
                     as incandescent light beams
                     played their way through
                     our fourth story window bedroom
                     winter, spring and into autumn
                     you savored every
                     sober breath we took
                     as I
                     ardently pecked at your pallid nave
                     seeking your sweet redemption

                     The twilight of my youth
                     lasted six and a half years
                     recalling how beautiful you were
                     and how unreachable you became
                     to me, you were
                     demure in feminine mannerism
                     delicate in feline stature
                     nightly sable hair
                     black as ravens crawling
                     over either shoulder
                     animal-like under daily covers
                     people in our lives
                     coveted you
                     and asked what your problem was
                     being shacked up with a drunk like me
                     you'd rush to defend me
                     while I continued drinking
                     and
                     throwing you away
                     beside the recycling bin
                     where my true love lay
                     
                      

                  
                      
                     
                      

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