Do You Remember When

Do you remember when,

I used to get high on your love

In the school parking lot

After hours

And your name

Tasted too sweet on my tongue,

Each syllable was a caramel crystal

Like light violent delights

awaiting their dark violent ends

And today

After all these years of brewing

It tastes like a bad night, drinking good tequila

In the back of an old Chevy,

I swallow it down

Chase it with all the lovers I can find

But at the end of the night

I'm still just a wasted lover

Left staring at the bottoms of empty bottles.