A Woman Walks Into A Bar

A woman walks into a bar

And she orders a drink

A woman notices

That everyone in the bar

Is a rabbit

When the woman wonders

Why there would be

So many rabbits

In a bar

In the middle of the day

On a Tuesday

The rabbits hop up to her

And ask her

If she’ll buy them

A drink

The woman in the bar

Isn’t sure

She can buy rabbits a drink

Because she doesn’t know

What the legal drinking age is

Of rabbits

Or bunnies

Or what the difference is

Between a rabbit and a bunny

How can she tell

If the animals in front of her

Are rabbits or bunnies

And is the legal drinking age

Of a rabbit lower

Than it is for a bunny?

While she was pondering this

An alligator walked into the bar

And asked the woman

What she was doing there?

The woman wasn’t sure

If people were not allowed

In this bar

But then the alligator laughed

And assured the woman

That he was just joking with her

And the woman in the bar

Realized that this alligator

Could be a crocodile

And she wouldn’t know

The difference between

The two

Now here she was

In a bar with bunnies or rabbits

And an alligator

Or a crocodile

And the woman was unsure

Of herself

And her standing in the bar

Because she found herself sitting

On one of the barstools

The bartender came up

To the woman in the bar

And asked her

If she wanted something to drink

By then, the rabbits

Or the bunnies

Had scattered

Because they were terrified

Of the alligator or the crocodile

So now the woman was alone in the bar

With the alligator or the crocodile

Who was playing darts

Over in the corner

And didn’t appear to want a drink

The woman in the bar

Ordered a drink

From the bartender

Just as a moth walked in

And introduced himself to her

She couldn’t tell if the moth

Was a moth

Or a butterfly

So the woman introduced herself

But tried not to say too much

In the event that she said something

About the moth being a moth

When really it was a butterfly

And the moth went on and on

About how he used to date

The bartender

But they both wanted different things

And sometimes things just shake out that way

And you can still love someone

Even if you understand

That you have to live apart from them

The woman in the bar agreed

And when her drink came

The moth or butterfly

Offered to pay for it

And the woman in the bar was grateful
Because she had forgotten her wallet or billfold at home

And then the bartender told her

That he was closing for the night

And then the night after that

Because running a bar these days

Was not easy

And he had decided to give it all up

And run away with the moth or butterfly

Because he had come to believe

That they really could make it work

Provided he wasn’t so worried

About the business all the time

When the woman who walked into the bar

Walked out of the bar

She found herself on a street or avenue

And wasn’t sure

Which way to go

Most of her plans involved

Walking into a bar

Being in a bar

Having something happen

And then leaving again

She had never given

Much thought

To what would happen

After that

The woman found herself

Standing outside a bar

That wouldn’t be a bar

For much longer

She knew she had to go

And she tried to decide

Which way

Was best