I'm drinking whiskey
Like its beer,
Sitting silently trying
To quench a thirst
Thats more than just a
dry throat.
I think of switching to wine
But can't think of a good
reason
To put down the highball,
So I nod at the waitress
And slam another note
On the bar.
He's cooler than me,
And younger, and all
those things
Age tells me doesn't
matter
The watch face is
swimming,
Time is rushing,
It's 4:15pm
And I'm wondering
If it'll be me or it
which wins the race
To five o'clock
I hear a song
On the jukebox I've not
heard
Since swaping beers for
whiskey,
One night stands
For Saturday nights
alone,
Sharing hours with the
waitress
Saying fare thee well
To my paypacket
The singer reminds me
I was once young
Knew all I needed to know
About love and sex,
I wish I was that dumb
now,
So I order another
Whiskey and wait
Remember how I swapped
lovers
More often than my jeans,
But some of us grew out
of it,
Got wives and things
Swapped obsessions of the
body
For those of the heart,
And now they beat more
peacefully
And more quietly
And less sharp
And more happily
Perhaps it's time
I swap the whiskey for
wine.
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