A Kansas Bar

How did I get here?
I'm sitting at this old Kansas bar,
reading the liquor labels, Malibu, Skyy, Patron,
knowing no one, listening in on mundane conversations.

It's the same every night,
a new spot, new faces, new music,
I feel their eyes upon me,
the stranger in their midst.

Someday I may fit in.
I hope, while I wait my turn
in the singing rotation,
that I'm not unknowable.

Published in "A Troupe in Masquerade" and "Eloquence"
By Jack Huber- All rights reserved.

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