I Am Dancing Alone Tonight Poem by Robert Rorabeck

When I get drunk, say like tonight,
Then I go out under the stars and piss: Say,
This is not like Disney World, this is not like
Any other night, and the sitcoms are over,
And I have to piss, and look up into the awful
Expanse like any other trailer park, and pretend
That I have not been climbing any other mountains,
And my name is not Evan, but Robert;
And I am not a sommelier; I cannot tell the difference
Of wine, and my girlfriend of 5 yrs ago is
F$cking her husband tonight: and you have to excuse
Me because I do not drive Lexus, and I am not a Lawyer
Who lives in South Florida, who married my ex-girlfriend
Tonight: ha, ha, ha, like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
But rewritten so one of them is a lawyer and is loving
My girlfriend tonight; but now that the show is over,
You’ll have to excuse me, because I am going home to feed
And water my dogs, and it is such a night for lackadaisical drama;
Or insouciant, drama, a vocabulary I a familiar with,
But I no longer love, her; but I love her,
And I am dancing alone, I am dancing all alone
Tonight, and there is nothing for it; except for tomorrow.
Perhaps I shall call her, if her name is tomorrow;
I shall call her tomorrow, but for now
I am dancing alone tonight.