11:49 pm

Broken, they stormed the streets
At night with hearts full of heat 
And hands cold as space
A need to feel alive 
A need to eat their flaws 
And sleep in til sunset 
Clutching to eternity 
Between dawn and dusk 
Melting to the insides of unlit cigarettes 
As their unfulfilled lives 
Waned and waxed with
Each opened bottle of coke 
Zeroing in on the reasons
For their loneliness 
Zeroing in on the reasons 
They couldn’t bring themselves 
To face the sun
Or walk alone, or stay sober 
For longer than a thought or two 
Mixing sugar with insomnia 
Doubt with false euphoria 
Placing trust in those with similar symptoms 
Until it all fell apart 
Until they fell apart 
And liquified on door steps next to signs
For reasonably priced liquor