One Drum Beating A Death Song

Next to a lake
Under an oak tree

We sit
Drink beer
Wait

For the sun to go away

A snake crawls
Between her feet

Under the lawn chair
Through the Daisies
Into the weeds

Shit she yells
Jumps
Runs away

He’s harmless I say

Kill it - If you ever want to sleep with me again

Especially now I add

I finish my beer
Laugh
Yawn
Walk halfway around the lake to a tavern

Play Ramblin’ Man on the jukebox

Sit down

Buy the bar a round

Call her on the phone

She doesn’t answer

Adios boys I say

Walk around the lake three and a half - times
Find a hoe in the shed

I have to kill a snake
Before I can go to bed