When Someone You Leave Loves You

gin hasn't taste so good
in a while; i'm so bitter
i taste like salt and leaves,
i am dry as a desert storm,
my eyes are red canyons,
the East are full of mesas,
the South, mountain-pools
the clock's broken smile,
i am missing a couple teeth,
friends say it's too bad
i can't come to the wedding,
i should be in a hospital,
i couldn't drown on tears,
so they scrubbed me clean,
gave me a dress with a bow,
and sent me home, old girl
weathering the floor-boards
on a rocker with a tank
of oxygen, i could live
through their staring,
my heart doesn't bother me,
it's you i still think about