A Man Walks Into A Bar

A Man Walks Into A Bar

By

Nathan Caleb Camerer

A man walks into a bar

Wearing his whole life on his sleeve

A million stories to tell

All you have to do is ask

Listen closely

He will tell you how he got to that barstool

How he’s forgotten where was going,

But woke up where he was supposed to be

Listen to him tell about the time he was someone’s Angel,

Or the time he was someone’s perfect dream

See the wisdom in his smile

See the contentment in his realization that the world isn’t perfect,

His realization that we are all flawed

We are all ruined by the desire for more,

Even when we get these things,

We still wish for what we had

Listen closely

He’ll tell you how we ignore people when they tell us who they are,

Because we see them as who we want them to be

He might tell you about another man’s wife

How he ended up in the hospital because of complications

It seemed like an adventure

It was a way to let off steam

It made him feel handsome again in the middle of the aging process

He thought he had learned something from growing old,

Something that you can’t learn when you’re young

Listen to him talk about a couple of tall drinks becoming so much more

Some things happen that don’t allow you to just get on with life

He might tell you the greatest sickness of all is heartbreak,

And how everything can’t be right in life

There are always temporary bandages on permanent wounds

He might tell you that life ends,

And when it does, someone else will get your bill

A man walks into a bar,

Wearing his whole life on his sleeves