most of the time
he drifted
in and out
of cindy's life
the man she once looked up to
was now enslaved
by the bottle
his hair receding
his face lined
his smile
furtive
he told her he had a new girl
in atlantic city
a dancer he met
in one of the resort's
endangered casinos
cindy pictured the girl as
young
brunette bangs
hard eyes
emaciated
a lap dancer
hooked on something
forbidden
the next morning
he threw a few twenties
on the kitchen table
left a note
in his hung over scrawl
about catching a
greyhound bus to a-c
he was already
out the door
on his way
to nirvana
when she read the note
all she thought was
'bye daddy...see you whenever'
Mar 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017 at 7:23 PM UTC
most of the time
he drifted
in and out
of cindy's life
the man she once looked up to
was now enslaved
by the bottle
his hair receding
his face lined
his smile
furtive
he told her he had a new girl
in atlantic city
a dancer he met
in one of the resort's
endangered casinos
cindy pictured the girl as
young
brunette bangs
hard eyes
emaciated
a lap dancer
hooked on something
forbidden
the next morning
he threw a few twenties
on the kitchen table
left a note
in his hung over scrawl
about catching a
greyhound bus to a-c
he was already
out the door
on his way
to nirvana
when she read the note
all she thought was
'bye daddy...see you whenever'