We sat
in the
dark
and sipped
beer
at a
bar
on the
corner
of a
street
and an
alley
where
no one
ever really
went

We fought
over who'd
pay for
the
beer...
Coronas
with a
slice of
lime

A battered
man
standing on
a battered
stage
played
Paul Simon
songs on
a battered
guitar

And we,
no,
she,
talked about
liquor and
drugs

How she
did liquor
and drugs

How her friends
did liquor
and drugs

How tired
she was
getting of
liquor and
drugs

So I
bought her
another
beer