SCORPIO SUNDOWN

This Scorpio sundown

slower than usual

with time limping past us

like the beggar we paid off

to stop obscuring our view

of our City

our margaritas

and our souls

spilled between us

which we try to avoid

each hoping the other

will wipe up

cleansing us

of any responsibility

This Scorpio sundown

feels like forever

frees us of constraints

of age

and history

and presence of mind

and

This Scorpio sundown

this single Scorpio sundown

sounds better to me

than a thousand previous Cancers.