As useless as I am

I have little left to give.

Take me out tonight

don't forget your jacket.

Bring it with the rest of you.

I'll be the one on the left,

coughing up any at best.

Waiting for your signal.

A sound that's like

your broken eyes

keeps following me.

For hours on end

I try to pretend

this never happened.

Like the blind

feeling for lines;

Both hands caught up in your hair again.

And I fell out

and you picked me up;

Broke in two...

right where I left off.

We're just enough alike

to make it worth your while.

That should keep you smiling.

I'll be the boy in the bed

hoping you'll just pass me up.

Move on to the next one

A night that's like your

broken sigh keeps

following me.

For days on end

I stretch and bend.

How did I let this happen?