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Open Poetry #45

To Bury A Dream

Yoinn
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since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

0 posted 2009-07-20 07:50 PM

To Bury a Dream

Giving up on ever understanding
Just what she wants from me.
I pop a cold beer and breathe
Deep the night air drifting
In my pickup window.
There is a chill in the air tonight
And I watch the autumn leaves
Swirl in my rear view mirror.

I stick my arm out my window
and give my truck a pat.
She's old but she growls like a big dog
and when i put my foot down she listens.
As I tip another brew to my lips
I feel my useless ring
Click on the bottle
And wonder if twelve is gonna
Be enough to bury you tonight.
I drive on, watching the road signs,
looking for the a road to
some sort of temporary heaven.
Tonight I'm thinking,
I need me a dirty angel
Willing to help me climb up
This long ladder from hell.
With a little chuckle I drink again,
Knowing that it just won’t happen.
With my empties clanging around
In the back of this old Chevy
I pull off to the side of this dirt road.
Men aren’t supposed to cry,
Aren’t supposed to give a rat’s ass about love.
Love em and leave em

I wipe my face with my sleeve,
Turn up Hank Jr. on my delco,
Turn the pickup around and head home to my dog.

Yoin

[This message has been edited by Yoinn (07-20-2009 09:39 PM).]