What the hell
He said.
I was working
the night his
wife told him
she loved him but
but she couldn’t live
with him any more
He was well
on his way
to inhaling
half a case of beer
in the bar
roughly half
of his daily intake
looked as if
he hadn’t slept
in a week
which he probably
hadn’t
thanks to those
white cross pills
he nabbed on
a drug raid and
liberated for
personal use
He couldn’t
understand what
she was on about
Shook his head
and said, “I gave
up smoking for her.”