"Broken Men Singing Sad Laments"

by Stardust and Gunsmoke

This heart has broken, bowed and caved
To crutches self inflicted
This man has quit, bitched out and laid
Girls whose presence was but some dread
That woman’s song did once lament
To me, that man, a broken soul
Who bandaged wounds he was lent
By broken mem’ries and lost, a goal
A ring no longer meant 
Yet here he stands, this broken man, this me
Broken yet unbowed, chapters in this story yet to be 

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Stardust and Gunsmoke are pseudonyms for a state trooper and teacher in New England with prior military experience. Follow Stardust and Gunsmoke here.

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Sponsored by iHeartRadio, Believe Love Respect and their new BLR Cider, WPDH Vets That Rock, Legoland, Chronogram, Wallkill Savings and Loan, Red Clover Coffee, Havok Journal and so many more - the Savage Wonder Festival of veterans in the arts is coming on May 29! Have you gotten your tickets yet?

Want the best date night possible this Saturday night? Drinks, dessert, a hilarious live performance, professional actors, an intimate unforgettable space, pay-what-you-can tickets…it simply does not get better than this. So come on out and join us at our Parlor on Quaker Avenue for our staged reading of Yasmina Reza’s ART.

And please don’t plan on showing up the day of the performance - it’s only 16 seats, folks, we’re always sold out!