One of those Nights

The morning sun
beams through the front windshield
like an intruder:
brash and unwelcome, forcing you to wake.

Whiskey eyed, smelling like an ashtray,
parked at the back end
of some ghetto ass neighborhood
wondering what the hell you did the night before.

It's like trying to remember words
you haven’t written yet.

One thing is for certain:
a little bit of rope goes a long way,
but a lot of rope
will hang you.