Quayside (Blogophilia 14.5)


Quayside bar in no man’s land
Full moon over the bay
Halfway to wormtown
I stop.

No option
No other way
Backing away from the precipice
As if she doesn’t exist.

What I had to do
To live with myself
Exchange my literal prison
To one of my own making.

Waiter,
Check please. 

Comments

  1. sueMay 29, 2012 at 9:50 PM

    Warmtown? yes prison is mostly of our own making

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    1. Another Government EmployeeMay 30, 2012 at 4:54 AM

      Wormtown. The crunch guy at the bottom of the tequila bottle.

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  2. Colleen Keller BreuningMay 30, 2012 at 11:36 AM

    Wow. Loving this walk on the dark side. I love the metaphors & imagery here. Stark but so compelling!!

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  3. sharonleeMay 30, 2012 at 6:35 PM

    Very metaphoric. Nicely crafted.

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  4. liamMay 31, 2012 at 4:53 PM

    a prison of ur own making is it better than one made for u??hmmm i ponder not.

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  5. tobyjustJune 1, 2012 at 4:34 PM

    swapping one prison for another...
    out of the frying pan into the fire I fear...

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