IN THE CITY OR IN THE WOODS

IN THE CITY OR IN THE WOODS
I was living in a house
right downtown
an easy stumble from the bars
and a short step
to the coffee shops
but the money
wasn’t there for me
at that point in my life
so on a Friday night
I’d hide out in my room
on the third floor
and drink cheep beer
chased with Jim Beam
and nothing ever
seemed to matter much
but one thing I did like
was that a good friend of mine
who felt about the same
about everything
lived only maybe five miles south
hiding out in his house
in the woods
staying away from the public
keeping his distance
and drinking
maybe a nicer beer
followed by
a nicer whiskey
but all the same
cultivating the same
relationship with madness
as I’d been doing for many many years