The Bar
A seventeen-year-old uses a fake ID successfully
At restaurants servers still give him the kid’s menu
Identical girls with identical smiles take identical photos
They’re at the bar to show off their body’s starvation
A cartoonist orders a rye on ice
It tastes like gasoline and a year that never rained
A young man enters the empty bathroom
He carries Jennifer’s gin and tonic in his hand
The young man reaches into his pocket for a rohypnol pill
The ghost of Jennifer’s grandfather appears behind him
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Hi, what’s your name?
You can get a buzz if you lick enough sweaty drunks.
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Do they have Kermit the Frog contact lenses?