The Color of Whiskey
Dog Army
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She walked lonely Into the bar And spotted her man From afar He was sharing his whiskey Laugh and a seat With some harlot he would never Let her meet She watched like a snake Then recoiled like a doe Back to her empty home Was the only place to go She brooded, wrote and drew With a heavy black ink What's a woman to do But feel pain and think She wrote, she read She drew, she bled It was all she could see He arrived dark-early From business, he claimed It was all she could do To keep her face unchanged I have an idea, honey Listen to me When we wake, let's picnic Down by the creek He huffed an okay Those were his yesses these days Then he slipped to his last slumber With nothing more to say She wrote she read She drew, she bled It was all she could see When she woke, she packed The whole picnic, her task He prepared nothing Except his old worn flask With her smile, they set off For the creek. He asked her, "how long Is this going to take Just the rest of your Life, she thought But answered him playful With an 'Aw, c'mon Where the creek ran quickly And the creek ran clear She set the blanket out And said, "it's perfect here She set the scene So serene and pretty They, the only ones So far from the city She wrote, she read She drew, she bled It was all she could see Nature's greens and golds Blended with the water And opened his eyes To how he truly saw her You did all of this For me and us I've been ignoring your Gift of love She smiled sweetly And with a start Reached into her bag And pulled her tools for art What's that for You will see Take off your shirt And come over to me Lulled by once Forgotten love He took off his shirt And she put on her gloves Before he could speak She took off her shirt He swallowed his question And said "Oh the gifts of this Earth Our love is the ink In this pen Let me tattoo it onto you To show it has no end With remorseful clarity He said, "yes She gestured to the water And they both undressed She wrote, she read She drew, she bled It was all she could see Naked in the knee-deep water She looked into his eyes and said I saw her She thrashed him in the neck With that inky pen It cracked within his sinew And regret The blood and the ink Spilled out as a set He dropped like an unstrung Marionette Those red and black snakes Turned to dust in the water And diluted to A curious golden color She knelt and washed The blood and love From her skin Along with her feelings of liberation That body floating downstream Belonged to a bastard But was also once My true and worthy lover She knelt in the water And shed a tear Then got dressed on the shore When the water ran clear His throat, it bled With black, and red It was all she could see She packed the picnic And walked homeward bound Aimless as a widow In an empty town She discarded her burdens As best she could Dumpsters don't hold Guilt too good His throat, it bled With black and red It was all she could see She entered the bar And sat at a stool "Is this where my husband Took me for a fool His throat, it bled With black, and red It was all she could see She thought, "Yeah, that's revenge It ain't supposed to be sweet Nothin' that can't be fixed With a double whiskey His throat, it bled With black and red It was all she could see She gulped it down And let it burn "He was a worthless man It's what he deserved She looked at her drink And stood up in horror She looked at her drink And stood up in horror Whiskey's the color Of blood, ink, and water She looked at her drink And stood up in horror Whiskey's the color Of blood, ink, and water She looked at her drink And stood up in horror Whiskey's the color Of blood, ink, and water She looked at everything And backed out in horror Everything's the color Of blood, ink, and water
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