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Differences (Free verse) by gavinduff
Again sitting at the bar
beer often spilled
and dried hard on the polish
of the solid oak
life sustain
as I see a tiny fly walk on this bar
I wonder how many poignant tears
have diluted the stale alcohol
not my own
public displays of sadness
are not for me
or anyone else I know
but one day
a poor fool from Donnybrook
sat next to me
and told a tale of love
a love he lost
but in my opinion, never gained
his girlfriend left him
for a close friend
his unrecognisably disguised accent
told every minuscule detail
finally a tear fell
from this f**kerâs eye to the bar
it was somewhat large
and landed on the tiny fly
his weak legs
could not break him free
and so he drowned
to me, this was the real tragedy.
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