Earth Girls
recently I met these environmentally-
aware girls.
the first night they babbled
about the earth
until I forgot about even
wanting to sleep with them.
the water was bad
the ozone going
and I kept drinking.
the food was unsafe
the laws unfair
and I kept drinking.
the people were uninformed
the politicians unconcerned
and I kept drinking.
they talked and I drank
for so long that
I didn't remember
them getting my number
when they called
a few days later.
"Hello?"
"Hi, this is Susan."
oh shit, I thought, another
embarassing memory lapse.
as always, I tried to
pretend I knew
who Susan was.
"Hi, Susan."
eventually I figured it out
they got me away
from bed and book
by dragging me
to the bar.
at the bar there was a
really loud rock band
and they sucked
but at least
I didn't have to hear
about the world's problems.
I found some of my drinking
buddies
and we bar-hopped a bit.
later we bumped into
the earth girls
again.
we all got offsale and
everyone went to my house
to drink.
I had a case of beer
and didn't care
for the moment
about the sad state
the world was in.
finally
the earth girls
and the rest
all passed out
at my place,
tired, drunk, and confident
that the world would be
the god-damned same
in the morning.
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