April 1st- One Poem (Project)

It's April, which is National Poetry Month, and I just discovered something cool, like NaNoWriting (National Novel Writing in November, a project I've taken part in a couple times)- NaPoWriting, a project in which you attempt to one one poem each day of April. So, here it goes:

Fair Warning

Other girls have known their place
Among men
Willing to risk
Catching your disease
When they lay you down

Although, I, I couldn't be less convinces
Of your body
As a fallen temple
Stones have been placed
Among the wreckage

You, you are no lady
I'd lay my health on the line for
I'd rather dig a hole
To the middle of the Earth
Than be known as the boy
Whose last ride was a hearse

From one, lonely night
Spent with a local girl
From a local bar
A girl who spent more on the dress
Than her education

I took her to the beach
We got wet from the touch
And dried ourselves in the ocean

Went for a walk
Until we found ourselves at the pier
We looked out
At the tiny city made of ashes

You took my cash
An advanced payment for company

Am I such a lonely boy
To not heed others' fair warnings

Time can't erase
The mistakes I knew I was making
Case in point
Falling victim to your careful smile
And precise words
Everything about you
Brought me to my knees

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