Yesterday's coffee
Heat it up as rain comes down
Today's cigarette

There she was, Smiles & Dances

He asked him if they should wait

But he said, “She'll find her way"

Everyone loves Smiles & Dances

Playing the life game

Roll your dice, Monopoly

You owe me fifty

The billowing smoke

Lingers like my lust for him

Let me burn this down

I have to go and I’m Inn deep

Stall in the middle for once

The girl next to me

Came after me twice

She sneezed

Bless you

I can *** now

Comfortable

She sneezed again

Bless you twice

I’m closing my tab

Riding home

But walking sometimes

I’m, “Great, thank you”
In the cab tonight
Eyes in the review
Notices I’m tight
Pass it by
Pass it by
On the way
There you are
On your breaks

Of all the nooks
in this old ship of a house
nestled deep in the flora
I’ve just settled into
my favorite are the stairs
eleven birch, worn in and wide
lighting the way with whiteness
seashells down both sides

You can enter two ways
this maze of gates and doors
bamboo and wind chimes
I find my tall self a symphony
coming home from underdock
or the inn or the shack
sometimes the truth of home
becomes a matter of fact

Routines become life
more raw than old rope
a cup of coffee of course
a cigarette on the porch
the american flag everyone has
familiarity finds the cats too
wandering furry neighbors
this barrier zoo