Some people can’t go home –
lips purpled with red wine,
she is still calling out
for one more song.
This is her home
in here, she’s 22, mistakes unmade –
the guy who never left his wife for her,
the casting agent who forgot her name –
vowing tomorrow she’ll get up and write
or paint, something creative, anyway –
she’s scary drunk,the slightest thing
might flip her into anger, or despair –
just one more tune, and one more drink –
the rest of us are tired, and useless,
and don’t understand. We all got old –
how did that happen? – she stayed young,
look at her, how she’s dancing,
shoes left somewhere, don’t know where,
bottle in hand
I’m worried she might fall.
life’s better when your head is buzzing,
full of dreams, dragged out and polished up
they still look golden when the lights are dim.
Day 10 of Jilly’s 28 days of Unreason-able Jim Harrison quotes. Today’s is:
“Just beyond the bruised lips of consciousness.”
from Birds Again
~ Jim Harrison
Sarah writes poems 