have pain, will travel

Joseph Pinto, the barflypoet

‘have pain, will travel’

these high hats make funny shadows of my hands

three for the price of one

like auras illustrating the way i feel

dark, grey and just a whisper.

i have no business writing under this light

it will only fuck up my sight, really

but anyone wondering what i might be up to

will bear witness to my laborious squinting,

my dogged approach, and not realize

the sheer amount of despair i carry.

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