I Once Loved Woman

She reaches

Across the bar and

Grabs both my arms,

"Even if she left you,"

she said,

"I can tell that deep down you're

a good guy."

"Ha!" I reply,

"Deep down

I'm a Dirty

Old

Man

Enticing you to whisper

What you never thought was possible

Deep down I'm only here

To make you fall for me

Then kick you whilst you're down,

Deep down I'm as cold as

The bottom of the ocean

Waiting for the shipwrecked

Bodies to sink

I am the callous wind

Howling through

The telephone wires carrying your message

I am a tearful good-bye; I am

The whispers of yesterday's news

Breaking the bonds of tomorrow

Deep down I am a broken heart

Dragged

Through the shards of a

Chalice's promise.

Deep down

No.

I am not

A good man."

~Look, No Hands

Love,

Digress.