Eight ball wishes

Dingy pool game halls
Making eight ball wishes
Across smoky air
To ruin tomorrow
And wake up resentful
Because the world stings
Like yellow jackets on steroids
Until death comes into the room
And erases the pain
That's where it started
And that's where it ends

© 2023 Loly Rinn
11-Line Poetic Ponderings
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