they’re coming

to get me today
sonny sd laying
a clean shirt &
pair of slacks
out on the bed
he’d buffed his
black shoes
& put them
under the rick
ety chair next
to the door
look outside
it’s raining
guys like that
don’t like
to get wet
wrong sonny
sd guys like
that work best
in the rain
they’re coming
i can feel it
you got the
38 i sd
yeah the 38
but the thing
is sonny
paused tapped
a cigaret out
of a pack
the thing is
i gotta look
good when

i’m dead