Zero-Beer-Thirty
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It was Zero-Beer-Thirty, half past closing time.
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Time to settle the bills, clean up the spills and finish my bottle of wine.
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There’s a girl in the mirror staring into her beer, long past happy hour.
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It was Zero-Beer-Thirty and she’s thinking of leaving me now.

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The crowd made for the door as I was sweeping the floor
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Stacking the chairs for the night.
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I finished wiping them down and without turning around
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I asked her if she was feeling alright.
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Her silence was louder than that Saturday crowd, aughing and shuffling out.

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It was Zero-Beer-Thirty and she’s probably leaving me now.


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Zero-Beer-Thirty, half past closing time.
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Time to settle the bills, clean up the spills and finish my bottle of wine.

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I turned the lights off in back, as they were fading to black
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I heard a corner stool scraping the floor.
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Though I had asked her to stay and hear what I had to say,
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I felt a breeze as she walked out the door.


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The bar room was empty with a ten dollar tip and an empty glass holding it down.
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It was Zero-Beer-Thirty and she’s already leaving me now.


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Zero-Beer-Thirty, half past closing time.
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Time to settle the bills, clean up the spills and finish that bottle of wine.


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Zero-Beer-Thirty, way past happy hour.
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She was able to see there’s some demons in me and she’s better off leaving me now.