Another Ordinary Afternoon At The Lowercase Bar
randolph lifts up his arms and sails ailing to the moon
frank grumbles
don’t it look easy from way down here on the ground
and holds a flaming match to the end of a lucky wilting from his crooked smile
percy serves stiff drinks and rattles the ice around in the glass for you
felix grabs a girl’s arm and runs away with her
madison cries because a fortuneteller wouldn’t tell
there is a scampering
there is a boredom
i am planning an escape route
but instead of taking it
i take another drink
betsy ran off with the petty cash for the weekend
clyde bet his paycheck on a horse named sue
who came really close to finishing dead last
the jukebox leaps to life
beth and mabel dance with their cigarettes
johnny plays his air guitar
the barstools all give up and keep waiting
a kite flies from the rooftop garden
annie slowly goes insane
crane hawks up a wad of phlegm and spits it in a napkin
arthur buys some roses for mariah
a car backfires on the curb outside
people come and go
a chair tips over
coffee drips
i lift up my shot glass and toast to the ceiling fans
peace comes
