she put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette. she broke his heart. he spent his whole life trying to forget. we watched him drink his pain away
a little at a time
but he never could get drunk enough you get her off his mind
until the night
he put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger. and finally drank away her memory. life is short
but this time it was bigger
than the strength he had to get up off his knees. we found him with his face down in the pillow