she declared with great bravado
i will read.
and i will know how he is doing
you are drunk
the bartender said
and you know he is always
doing scared and miserable
maybe he had a good day
he could have seen
a bratty child faceplant
or he could have gotten a job
and maybe those things make
him smile
from what you have told me
said the bartender
nothing makes him smile.
i could make him smile
she emphatically slurred
then frowned and slumped
in her chair for a moment
before rolling off of it like it was
the hood of a car
in a shitty action movie
where no one gets the girl
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