The Angry WillowA Poem by felionessfrustration and heartbreaki'm going leave the stink of the city climb into my aging Ford Explorer and drive out to the angry willow and while i drive i'll count road kill while smoking Export A cigarettes watching the white line whiz past and bellow my heart out to songs on the radio until my f*****g throat is raw and i won't stop until i get there... on the way i'll drink Pilsner beer out of a coffee mug and swear at a*****e drivers and strung out truckers while bellowing out my songs until the sun drops into the horizon like a big red ball of burning gasoline and i'll drive as close as my truck can get to that secret spot and when I stop i'll take a piss then stagger the rest of the way through shallow streams and bush, tripping over rocks and swatting at mosquitoes until i am beneath the tangled and ancient branches of the angry willow where it's always cool and country quiet and darker than Hades this time of night And i'll listen to the crickets chirp and the wood doves coo while relaxing amid the incessant mating calls of leopard frogs and rest my drunken body beneath the bent and crooked arms of the angry willow thinking about the b***h who broke my heart and while the distant coyotes yip and howl i'll be drinking Pilsner beer out of my coffee mug and staring at the pock-faced moon hanging like a disinterested eye in a cloud swept sky high above the twisted boughs of the angry willow and i'll count falling stars until i pass out then wake slowly to the buzz of fat blue-bottle flies dive bombing my face while my hang-over thrums... and the mosquitoes swarm beneath the gnarled and twisted limbs of the angry willow where my soul hollowed and aching becomes one with the damp earth and rotting vegetation and before i think too long or too hard about the hopelessness of my situation i'll count my change and check my watch to see if the liquor stores are open and while i wait i'll listen to belligerent crows squawking overhead not giving a s**t if i'm living or dead © 2012 felionessAuthor's Note
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20 Reviews Added on August 26, 2012 Last Updated on August 26, 2012 Tags: frustration, heartache, an angry tale AuthorfelionessSaskatchewan, CanadaAboutI live in Saskatchewan, Canada. I am a daydreamer who lives to write. I live quietly sharing my home with two dogs and three cats. more..Writing
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