Moira in the Close

This entry was originally published at Darkest Before Dawn

Moira sits in the close drinking Buckie,
drinking the day away.
Watching the cars pass by,
on the street where she used to play.

Moira sits on the corner drinking Buckie,
drinking the week away.
She doesn’t know how she got here,
she likes it that way.

Moira lies on the bench drinking Buckie,
drinking the pain away.
The price and the cost,
get steeper day by day.

Moira sits in the close drinking Buckie,
drinking her life away.

© 2008 Kevin James Rickis

Notes:

In Glasgow a tenement stair is known as a Close, example here.
Buckie refers to Buckfast Tonic Wine, information on wiki.