Stagnant runs the river Self
mustering dirty froth of doubt
away from lights, a drifter retiresconfusion wandering about.
His desperate wife searches near
the sweet breath in his hollow shell
self-blame trails her footsteps there
in madness she embraces hell.
They were together once, inspired
harmonic movements, motion, flow
pleasing senses, agreeable
love expressed in perfumed glow.
Lonely, deserted, irrational
longing draws her blindly ontumbling, conceding battle
adrift from menial job to job.
Their paths cross in a midtown diner...
Original:
Stagnant runs the river Self
mustering dirty froth of doubt
away from the lights a drifter retires
in forlorn confusion wandering about.
His forlorn wife searches near
a sweet breath in his hollowed shell
ballistic self-blame trails her footsteps
in significant madness she embraced the hell.
They were together once, inspired, exited,
meaningful movements in motion and flow
pleasing to the senses, agreeable, gracious,
lovingly expressed in a perfumed glow.
Now sad and lonely, deserted, irrational
anger pushes her aimlessly on
or falling back, retreating from battle
withdrawn and drifting from job to job.
They meet in a diner.
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Very clever Wayne. 
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