What You Were

Were you asleep in the chair
 As the sound cracked the air
 And the scent of the fire
 Drifted out through the hall?
 Did I sleep in your bed
 Or the room next to yours?
 Did the drugs cloud my head
 And so leave me unclear?
 Right here's what you were
 But here's how I'll remember you
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 With your robe open wide
 And your mouth to the side
 They could see where you clutched
 Your golden son's image
 They could see how you tried
 To regain your ridiculous pride
 But you failed, then you died
 With your dignity laid open
 Right here's where you disappear
 But here's how I'll always see you
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 You ride in your white Cadillac
 
 You ride through the crowd like a warrior
 But they turn and look down, and they walk away
 From your beautiful life and your absurd and malignant expectations