stevieqgray

it's coming up on closing time
and everybody knows it
in a way that has nothing to do with clocks
or watches
or the ticking off of hours
there's that drifting knowledge
that it's now or never
over the sweat-sheened booze-slicked dance floor
they know
in the hungry shadows
in the frantic flailing coloured lightshow
they know
the last dance
the last chance
to not...
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Vegas or Valhalla

You were concerned about the weight I'd lost.
You were worried by my pallor.
But I'm doing fine,
I've joined the line
for Vegas or Valhalla.

From start to end, from birth to death,
from alphas to omegas:
it's set in stone,
our story's known
from Valhalla to Vegas.

I've known you low in opulence
and I've seen you high on squalor....
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I've been a member for a little under 2 full days, so I feel compelled to write something vaguely blog-shaped. I am however tired and achey and on a lot of meds, so don't expect anything too profound or articulate.

I'd like to say a quick thanks to all the people who've got in touch, sent friends requests or commented on my photo set in...
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