on the welcome mat
standing the whitewashed kitchen
table chair under the entry way awning
blocking the rain of everything
'cept my toes
smoking and reading reading and smoking thoughts raining raining on thinking
"I had a bad night" --bad, worse, I'm sorry
   can't want to
   wouldn't without you
too short: missing too much
hiding, waiting for nothing
hiding: doesn't work
      runalongnow