the brewery blues in poetry

Ever since they were kids
they sang about dying young
one day they woke up old and
singing the exact same song.

At the weird thing across the street
they’ll sing it all night long if you don’t mind
sweating with badly-tattooed rednecks
trolling for last-call meth-mouth sex.

Songs gone sour after years of being sweet
old cover bands singing about dying young
at the weird thing across the street.