Orange Juice And Death

their love turns bitter like a cigarette stained tongue
both husband and wife want freedom
but are afraid to break the chains of marriage
so they become corpses only secure in daily rituals
like having orange juice and toast every morning
it may be untrue that the wife died of a heart attack
since she stopped living many years ago
the night after the wife’s burial
the husband takes the money hidden
in her underwear in the top dresser drawer
buys drinks for everyone at the neighborhood bar
and almost has the courage to ask the fat blonde
near the juke box if she wants to dance to Frank Sinatra.

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