‘a haunting’
even my ghosts
are haunted.
#barflypoet
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…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
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‘beauty in your broken’
what has lived
has died;
what has died
shall be reborn again.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
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…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars …
my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
‘find a different brew, son’
he idled up to the bar
scraggly haired
dirty tattooed
hat low to hide eyes
drowning in bud
opening his mouth
he sounded as cheap as
the beer he stunk of.
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‘karaoke guy’
the karaoke guy
lonelier than the
empty tables waiting
for a song.
silence knows lines
no one else can ever sing.
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‘it’s in the telling’
i have completely tuned them out.
i understand how little they respect me.
i’m not as detached as i let on.
their truth is as fabricated as my smile.
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‘he knew but didn’t want to believe’
thank you
for betraying me tonight
this bar will thank you
drained wallet
drained bottle of scotch
drained heart that made
a fucking mess of the place.
#barflypoet
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‘in search of’
we’re all in search of something.
he’s in search of a strong cell phone signal
she’s in search of any signal from her man
he’s in search of a way
to keep the woman at the bar
from elbowing him while she talks
but she’s in search of an ear;
more salt for her margarita.
the old woman’s in search of the tissue up her sleeve
the dog’s in search of a fresh patch to piss on
the baby’s in search of its voice while
the parents are in search of quiet and they are in search
of a platform to be heard.
we’re all in search of something.
it lends you a sense of purpose
yet leaves you horribly undefined.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
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…poetry handcrafted from the inside of bars; no poem recently written…
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