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The Happy Hour of Heaven or Hell

Peter Magliocco

The bury the muck of their lives
In the insolent wine rooms
Where obscenity weaves a cruel thread
& anything goes. They see
Very little in their cups
With minds stricken by conformity.
Now I join them, still sober,
& make the mistake of conversing
With the aplomb of past ages
Graying in my beard.
“Hear me out before I shoot up the bar!”
I shout into the band’s microphone,
Pushing away a blatant harp player.
Is this the happy hour of heaven or hell?
No one knows, no one tells me
As the night is raddled by spirits

& I cry for all the craven saviors
Hiding in our collective subconscious,
Afraid to make amends
With damaged bladders

Like mine, bleeding from
An unknown source of
Pixel poison, with pent-up urine
Their tongues lap up

As if house wine
(in vino veritas)
From dead seas

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