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Cliche Town: Back Alley Requiem
Lying in a gutter
In the dark, dark shadows
With your life’s blood
draining away
Face down in an alley
There’s a fog in your eye
And a switchblade
down to the bone
You’re drowning in a pool
Of crimson betrayal
And you remember why
You worked alone
Your brain reels in pain
As you replay the day
To figure out just
Where you went wrong
A pair of ruby lips
Bundled up in a pout
Set you up for the
Sucker punch
With a straight shot of gin
She reeled you in
Then left you to swim
With the sharks
And when alls said and done
When she had her fun
She walked away
With her hands washed clean
And even now in this
Brick alley boneyard
You’d go back if
She cut you a break
Rule number one
When you fall for a dame
There are never any
Cat landings
Laid out on your gut
Or flat on your back
Either way yer gonna
Hit hard
There’s no one to blame
Except for yourself
It was coming like a
Runaway freight train
And the hammer comes down
When her Johnny blind-sides you
And she skips off while you’re
Paying the piper
Rule number two
When you fall for a dame
Watch out for
Collateral damage
The kick in the teeth is
You’re tagged with the goods
So there’s nothing pick up
Even pieces
So you lie in the shadows
With nothing to hold onto
Not the gin, her lips
Or those curves
So you reach for your flask
For one last nip
Before you’re claimed as
The night’s next victim
You wonder if it was worth it
This splash of color
In your world that’s been
Black and white
And which is better
Your living that’s dying
Or the dying you’re doing
Just to live
If you had it all over
To do it again
Would you have done
A single thing different
And you don’t mind
You’re content in the ride
On the one day that you lived
You’re dead
And fading to black
You manage a smile
Between a grimace
And a groan
Rule number three
When you fall for a dame
Better figure on
Dying alone
(c) 2005 David Ian, Dani Baldwin
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Thanks, Julie for the comment...This article is listed under Humor for a reason -- though it's not strictly "funny ha-ha" it is written with a certain "wink and a nod". Again, thanks for reading and especially for leaving a comment -- David Ian
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