Petersburg

On the way back from the bar he felt some semblance of a former self

This novel will not write itself, however he may play it

Deep inside the drawing room, three sisters entertain his crew

Romanticize a morbid doom, the children at his feet

There is not a taxi cab in sight

To rescue me from Petersburg tonight

Daily he would read the news, tie up his busted walking shoes

Take the train somewhere else and count his money there

Servants in the servants den spit in the food they cook for him

And rattle off a list of men they favor more than me

But even in maniacal delight

They will not shine a smile into the night

I don't think you're understanding me

There will no be pulling out of rug from underneath your feet

I fall in like the fruit beneath the tree

Ripe for you to eat