Chicagoetry: Wish You Were Beer

WISH YOU WERE BEER

So: you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell?
Swell!
Do tell.

Your husband
Wants me to help him
Go out and
Get

Laid.
"What a wonderful world!"
Men cave, and then
Cheat.
Men cave men

Cave.
"Men are easy," as my X
Used to say.
I wouldn't pay,
Won't pay.
Yay!

Two lost souls swimmin' in
A fish bowl, year ahfta year.
Have you found
The same old fear?

Anymore, I don't care to
Hear. "You caved."
Rave on.
Without me.

Freedom isn't free
But it sure is a
Bargain.
The best

I ever had.
Love is free.

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J. J. Tindall is the Beachwood's poet-in-residence. He can reached at jjtindall@yahoo.com. Chicagoetry is an exclusive Beachwood collection-in-progress.