A Reason To Stay In

A typical night out in England

Men glance across the room as they wait at the bar to order a drink

Women dance across the room as they wait for the men to stop and think

Men start to pick their target and the foes that they plan to eventually fight

Women start to pick at their hair as they get ready to invest for the rest of the night

Men have decided: they want the pretty, the cute, the drunk and the easy

Women have decided: they don’t want the petty, the poor, the ill hung or the sleazy

Men start to drink too much; they get aggressive and start a commotion

Women start to drink too much; they get suggestive, and put all the wheels into motion

Men get kicked out, so they’ll fuss and they’ll fight, they’ll leave with disgust and they’ll go for a bite.

Meanwhile, the women end up taking home the guy who said that fighting was petty.

Men wake up the next day with a banging headache and the smell of staleness.

Women wake up next to the sleazy guy with the small dick who was too poor to pay for a taxi last night.

Reviews

Ah, how true this poem is.
Good work.
You feel like your actually there among this in an imaginary world
Love it.

[Brighid an Lasair]

Oh the truth of Bar Romance. This really gets in your head, we all have either been there or know someone who has and it's truly spot on. Great read!

[Coyote Poetry]

The story of rum and whiskey love. Some people call it "coyote love". You chew your arm of before the person will wake-up. I like the story. It been this way for many moons. A very good ending to a outstanding tale of chase and hope.
Coyote

[Geralyn Miller]

VERY real; and part of the reason I quit tending bar after less than a year---I have a consuming desire to slap the stupid out of fools; well that and the smoke.
A true slice of life.
And no, I didn't hit anyone. Self control, you know.

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

oh you draw the raw reality of the club/bar night scenes where everyone's a predator of some sort and no one is innocent and the morning drops down like regret in steel~ sharp and biting~ I like it a lot!~

[Jonathan De Elvira]

Hurm...quite different...not to mention about the rhyme...
You done it carefully and goodness me it worked...
Congrats...

[Ramiz Ilham Khan]

Great work - So real.

[Poetic Shambles]

All comments welcome.

This poem has just been published on Ink, Sweat & Tears
http://www.ink-sweat-and-tears.com/

[Trevor]

fantastic! your hilarious