I went back
to the same watering hole
to catch a pint,
check in on the boys & gals
& everyone I knew
was gone.

Sure, the faces had changed,
but everything else
was the same.

Drunken stupor-talk
& cat calls.
Someone was crawling
on the dance floor,
the restrooms
smelled like *****.

I drank my pint
then quickly left
wondering where
everybody went
& glad they weren't there.