“A Star Among Many”

It goes like

This

Two shots at

Work

Only to keep

Me on my

Feet

Wasn’t expecting

To be out

And now I’m

Looking away

Just to the left

Past all the empty

Tables

Like maybe 

There’s an answer out

The window

Too little energy for

Much else

And you still have the

Tape

On your jacket

“A star among many”

It says

Keep looking at that

Too

While we wandered

And I thank all

The other stars that

I was out

Tonight

Half-awake and

Underprepared 

Yet still

Worth 

Every moment