daddy's ghost behind you

[flannelpiano]

i love having people i love
come crowd into the trailer
eat food we cooked out on the grill
drink top-shelf beer
a bottle of florida wine
talk
nap
scratch my head
hug your neck.

&, the night before,
i loved
dancing
not wasting time anymore
coffee petron
the band's yuengling
dirty feet on barroom carpet
taco bell fifteen minutes before they closed.