taken back (to piles of beer cans)

jagged aluminum edges
slight damp sour smell
torn tobaccanated
and warming in the sun from the window

camped on black vinyl couch
summer sad and forgotten
light years ago

television titles
and thinking I'd never meet you

-d. mcmanus
28 Jan 2010
v.1

men who aren't sure what's expected of them

follow too much
and lean over too far
reaching for whatever it is that was dropped
or thrown away

always attempting to
to do over, better

turn the truth, fix what's been
twisted physics for the dour heart

d. mcmanus
28 Jan 2010
v.2

men who aren't sure what's expected of them

follow too much
and lean over too far
reaching for whatever it is that was dropped
or thrown away

always attempting to bring back
whatever has been fucked up in the past
to do over
making it better or fixing it

turn the truth
twisted physics for the dour heart

-d. mcmanus
1/18/2010
v.1