bank account

(from my collection 'Scotch and Scars') 

'bank account'

all the money in the world

why would he go and hang himself?

i pondered the question

sipped my scotch

while conversation surged through the bar

an incoming tide of bewilderment

and bullshit.

i had one more for the road.

sometimes i drive the highway

when it is empty and dark

with my eyes closed tight.

i do this without a buck to spare

in my wallet.

#barflypoet

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