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I’m shaking
because
I’ve only had beer all day
and I didn’t sleep
too many bug bites

she puts lotion on my back
plucks the cigarette
from my mouth
with long fingers
that have short nails

she tosses it
then grabs me a beer
one for herself too

she drinks half of it
leaves the rest for the dog
too old to move from the sun
so she pours it on the grass
in front of him

one of us is hollow
that mutt looks content
so I flip a coin
and pick her

it easily could have been me