Steal a Memory

in a Pittsburgh gay bar.
wish you were here.
hope you're watching The Chair.
on Netflix. 

after the baseball game.
and the invite.
I tell myself.
to stay open-minded. 

but then again.
the beverage napkins.
remind me.
of The House.

I nurse my criminals.
each night a thief. 
lifting my moments.
gone and gaunt. 

perhaps soon.
my emptiness will.
be chased away.
by fine gone days. 

til then I wait. 
sitting in the world.
a thought with a laugh.
because there is not much else.