4:27 AM and I'm feeling grand slammed
weary bleary buzz-eyed the menu swims before me
to my left at the counter a couple does the breaststroke
to my right a dude dunks and dives into raw runny eggs
the color of sun rising sky will blossom in an hour or so
sizzle and stink of whiskey breath kisses linger in the air
as the gal slings a plate in front of me with flaccid pale sausages
black and white potatoes brunt frozen drowning in puddled grease
a maze of luminescent yuck scramble that turns me over uneasy
neon glare turns everything a queasy sickish slime green
in the lysol piss confessional I pray into poop clogged porcelain
still steaming layers of butt wipes not bothering to even try
jiggling the faulty handle's smeared shit rusted crusted glint
faucets run dry so I wipe my palms on towelettes from the floor
that's why I won't go down to the Dennys no more