no title

Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet

(volume up)

‘no title’

left hand receives.

the universe’s temperament

presses with its giving hand

against my throat.

why did i come here to drink?

assessment of my days

like a piano hits the wrong notes.

four stools down the maestro

taps a blue pen. unforgivingly.

jesus bathes under mosquito corpses.

the last draft of my story

requires a final edit.

with a whoosh the front door opens,

so quiet as it closes.

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