vacation from the vacancy

the rain is raging with a roar

cascading cleanse in a downpour

i watch with scotch at window pane

decide to go out in the rain

 

i am not cleansed but i am wet

brought my flask to further forget

take a sip, remember her name

then drain the flask to douse that flame

 

walk till i can buy a bottle

fuck you and your aristotle

how can vanowen take me west

when west is where l.a. is pressed

 

stop long enough to find some shade

from all the rain and its parade

where i can smoke a cigarette

and it is just as i suspect

 

moments like these are where my ease

will finally come to dance with me

take a drag from smoke and bottle

streets empty from the rain’s throttle

 

no chance a girl will sway and twirl

and take me to a different world

tonight is me taking long drags

it’s better when you show up stag

my only goal is self-console

and this is how i take control

 

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