Happy Hour.(Poems)(Poem) From: Confrontation | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Schossler, Jason | COPYRIGHT 2006 Long Island University, C.W. Post College. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

 
Happy Hour 
 
   One night when she couldn't find a babysitter, 
   she took me along to Pirate's Alley, 
   set me up with a pitcher of root beer, quarters for Centipede, 
   and touched up her face, her hand unsteady. 
   She said, We deserve this, we both deserve this, and I cringed 
   as she rustled out to the dance floor in the rich parade 
   of her hair and perfume. In those days she lived by her will-- 
   determined to stay upright. Amid the clouds of smoke 
   and beery air, ...

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