bar scene 2K5, autumn

the people, all night, were
looking for something.
even me, i suppose.

i didn't want to try. i wanted
to drown in the scenery, the
background, as bleary as it
was, floundering with sounds
pounding.

i can imagine the scene
happening throughout
the ages, during other
time periods with
different music
and non-electronic
dart boards and
bored middle aged
men and women
mixing with everyone
else in the small
town to drink
and gather
and share
a little of
the madness
together for a
moment our
bartender was
the best i've had
for a while, because
of who i'd arrived with
and i'm the type anyway
to make mountains out
of piles of words and
thoughts real or
imagined and
that can be
quite scary
perhaps with
the emphasis so
much on the mind
and emotions and
the body failing
early with age
from misuse
and it's no
use, it's
loose
in the world
now, i guess
and i can make
someone laugh and
maybe that's enough.