The Worst of Times

it was the worst of times,

getting high in a stranger’s house,

where my friends slept on the couch,

they were homeless and

he still owes me for his bail,

 

working weekends,

while the nights got colder,

watching the old folks boil in the

gym’s hot tub,

 

sleeping alone

while the snow tucked me in

i couldn’t see the future for the storm clouds