Sunday, March 30, 2025

The Cure to Male Loneliness

It’s the

“Homies get in free”

Policy

And breakin’ the ice

By playin’ fuckin’

Rock

Paper

Scissors

With strangers

The photoshoot

On a bench

In a lake

In the woods

“Clubs got couches

Ain’t gonna meet

Your wife

In the club”

Nah

But dive bars

Got benches

And goddamn

Church pews

Post up on a bench

With friends

Burn one

Walk around with

A bag of joints

Passin’ ‘em out

To the Hand

420

And everyone else

Playin’ tonight

Lowkey house show

Pizza rolls

On the stove

The fuckin' sourdough starter

“It wants to live

Just keep

Feedin’ it”

Who else would you wanna

Bake

And break bread with?

Who else is gonna

Sit beside ya

As you cry to the

Eraserhead Baby

On soup Sunday

At Outer?

Who else would ya

Chainsmoke till

6AM with

In the backroom?

Grind down your rotors

Carpoolin’ to Toledo

Leavin’ mixtapes and manuscripts

In the liquor store

News bin

Pour root beer

In the Guinness

Durin’ bingo

Shoot pinball

While they spin

“Kodachrome”

Shut down the bar

Gettin’ free

Ginger ale

Dance to techno till

1AM

Kraftwerk

And your boss are

Even at the afters

Even if there are

Couches in the club

You’re here with

The homies

Besties

True companionship

So when you’re

Sittin’ alone in bed

Re-readin’

The Little Prince

In the voice of

Your friend’s bookmark

Ya hopefully don’t feel

As alone

These days