The Web Poetry Corner - J. M. Hallett - One-night Stand
One-night Stand
by
J. M. Hallett
They're trying to strike oil
Faulty pump
Dry well
He's yawning... slipping fast
Her focus is on the candle
It almost keeps her head from spinning
Three Cuervos too many
Her mind is a long, dark
Slowly revolving
Cement-mixer-like tunnel
In which, that dreadfully awful
'Your Cheatin' Heart' song
Keeps echoing somewhere in the distance