Spare ChangeA Poem by Tkess
The smell of diesel rolls through
these streets
And the rain’s a fallin’ The leaves make rust colored puddles on the sidewalks The clouds twirled like some curtain laced satin pillow I fumble for a cigarette, but they are all soaking wet It’s gonna be one of those nights Taxi cabs carrying sad faced occupants to the one place They don’t want to be I’m as broke as a meth head on his way down And as broken down as these rusted out old cars Lined up like some post-apocalyptic graveyard I stop in front of the late night dinner The plate glass window shimmers with a blurred reflection Of myself staring back like a ghost of the city The night flows like black onyx And the buses wheeze and cough up the hill And I’m tired of this goddamn rain Adrift on this concrete sea Battered and washed up on the shore The moon’s been shy tonight Hiding behind the clouds like a child Clinging to the skirt of her mother And I’m all mixed up on mixed drinks The interstate ramps wind like blacktop anacondas These billboards aren’t fooling anyone And I wish I could pick the words out of my brain Rearrange them just a little, and Maybe they’d make more sense to me Every new city is like the same old song This bar is full of urban cowboys that got all fenced in I guess it comes with age The streets are full of big dreams that got lost in the night This life ain't for the living The barflies swarm for their next taste of nectar S**t covered exterior Is it bad I know them all by name? The bartenders know my drinks, but They're a little hazy on my story The old men hold their bottles like a grudge As they go fishin' for an ear With the Audrey Hepburn eyes And the Marilyn Monroe thighs It's gonna be one of those nights
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Added on November 25, 2011 Last Updated on November 25, 2011 AuthorTkessPittsburgh, PAAboutWhen I first joined this site I provided a very vague profile of who I am. So, I figured I would elaborate a bit more on what makes me, me. I am 30 years old. For the past 7 ½ years I was a me.. more..Writing
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