mouthful of cheap beer gets caught on the sudden lump in my throat, bubbles burning all the way up to my nose
i want to cry, hot tears burning the backs of my eyes
maybe throw my head back and howl mournfully at that big old moon, always so far away
and i’ve never been much of a praying man, but i’d still press my aching knees into the soft dirt right outside that lonely little cemetery chapel
and i won’t ask for succor, have no plans to confess my sins, just want to pretend for a spell that i can find comfort in something greater than myself
and maybe the cold metal of the handle, that lovely wood grain, will burn its way into the skin of my palms when i try to step inside