Midnight Bottling

Midnight bottles
darkly brown
wet and shiny bright
the lights are on
in brewerytown
i work the long long night

clatter-banging
tinkling glass
the headysmell of beer
midnight blue
where are you?
it seems i'm always here

midnight people
sleepy eyed
nights pass by so slow
stomach aches
pounding head
spirits sinking low

bottles jingle
as they move
noisy through and through
midnight madness
feel so bad
don't know what to do

December 12, 1989
At Strohs Brewery
Longview, Texas