down hill

cigarettes in a
rainy alleyway
at your best
friend’s
wedding

political maneuvers
and beat poetry
from the heavens
I’m not the man
I used to be-

why don’t we
go back to
your place
in a while

first I need to
finish this up
noir the last dance
and mystery the exits

warm whiskey
my first love
a dark back room
of a wood paneled
reception hall

black suits
petrichor
and the smell
of lost love
after the rain

Notes