There’s a version of this where you walked backwards out of the bar. 

Past the smokers and the rose seller 

You never went all the way in

Coffee instead with mushy fries and coleslaw 

The rug you bought was black and blue 

Bought a black car with black trim cheap 

You never laughed until your side hurt on Jack box games but you got real good at darts 

You dyed your hair sapphire like ruin 

You sang karaoke in New York 

You don’t know what a Lisp is 

You never learned what love was but you did throw a wild boat party for 25 of your friends and someone tore their suit on the dock and splashed a cop

Your daughter played the drums 

You didn’t have to leave cheese off of things 

You kept lists of dream places to live 

You had 2 spider plants in a 1 bedroom walk up

You died at 71 having finally grew your grey hair out

There’s a version of this where you walked backwards out of the bar

You never learned what love was 

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