Once Upon A Time In The West

I don't smoke.

It still smells like smoke

In my pickup truck.

 

Deadbeat dad, uh huh.

 

It's going to be rough.

Maybe I'll stop and work

A little while in Ohio.

 

They're going to kick my butt.

 

Well,

I feel

Nothing.

 

God is definitely female.

 

Okay,

Hello, kids, it's dad, here, (don't let them

Get too hard on themselves, right away, because

They haven't seen me).

 

Pickup truck.

I'm leaving here, Seattle.

 

I hope I don't hit another, suicidal

Damned deer

In Montana. You can't

Do anything, around midnight, the poor

Creature turning with dilated pupils, can't shoot

Can't even do anything with a hammer.

 

Even if you stopped, you cannot step

Without causing even more sorrow and danger.

 

Calculus,

Continuous and discreet variables.

 

Them's the breaks.

There's just too many of us.

 

It's almost Christmas,

And, I have to admit, the ex

Wife looks interesting to me, more.

 

She blinked.

I had the moment I expected,

And then I was gone.

Same old story.