Watering Hole

Watering Hole

 

metal legged bar stool beckons

for a man who has no friends

human sounds float around him

glass of scotch and a facade

 

a man who has no friends

cloaked in tattered barroom bravado

glass of scotch and a disguise

comfortable conversations with strangers

 

cloaked in tattered barroom bravado

ambient noise drowns out substance

comfortable gathering with strangers

no thoughts of the wife home alone

 

ambient noise drowns out substance

rewards of drunken anonymity

no thoughts of the wife at home

a wallet full of selfishness

 

reward for drunken anonymity

metal legged bar stool

wallet full of selfishness

for the man who has no friends

 

 

Zack Hoffman    2024