Old country pub
A small town tavern
people with
frustration, contrition, melancholy
they sit nightly
at the bar
let everything
be palliated
in the country pub they
take a breather
exchange secrets
relax their souls
in old
country pub
he hides when he is down
he won’t play pool
he sits in a dark corner
bottles on the table
alcohol he’s downed
he slowly smokes a cig
watches some tv
listens to old music
thinks in solitude in
old country pub
a boring place
bland yet abundant
a feeling of peace
a place to pause
and rest
old country pub
for people who’ve cried
for life
for love
for people who are afraid
of the future
for people who remember too much
the past
old country pub
he left the old country pub
he went back in
he has his cigarette stubbed out
he lights up another
again.
