Todd Cirillo
|  | The
Best Time For Country Music
No
bouquet of flowers
will
fix this break,
nor
any amount
of
wine, whiskey
or
new women.
Only
the
road,
Waylon
Jennings
and
you
singing,
“all
the places
must
be better
than
the ones
we’ve
left behind.”
Stranded
(if
poets were cannibals)
I’m
so hungry for love,
I
swear,
I’ll
eat the next
woman
I see.
| | Night
Moves
Walking
these familiar streets;
the
town is preparing for Christmas,
music
comes from outdoor speakers,
decorations
hang
on
the same steps,
streetlights
and
bars
where
I was once King.
Now,
I’m a tourist
stopping
in for a drink,
a
look at the old house,
keeping
an eye out
for
ex-lovers
on
a mission,
sitting
down alone
with
only a beer
and
Bob Seger
singing,
“Ain’t
it funny how you remember?”
My
Booking Agent Bill
He
asked me to check out
a
new gallery in town,
as
a potential gig;
“walk
around,
get
a feel for the place..”
So
I went,
it
was the official opening,
gorgegous,
all
class, pomp
and
circumstance
with
lots of expensive art,
beautiful
women
and
free wine.
I
had a wonderful time.
He
called
days
after meeting
with
the owners.
Told
me,
“It
went pretty smooth
until
I mentioned your name.
To
put it politely,
they
remember you....
and
it seems they are
all
booked up
for
the foreseeable future.”
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