In the corner stands a strawman

 with a cocktail

 in his right hand

 firm handshakes

 all around

 as he slowly sips away

 In the twilight

 sits a reader

 and the words they

 grab ane lead her

 to another

 world apart

 as she slowly

 slips away

 You can drown me

 in my sorrows

 that can leave me

 on the morrow

 but the best part

 is the last

 let it slowly

 fade away

 Does it strike you

 as an odd thing

 how a man keeps remembering

 where the future

 meets the past

 and then slowly

 fades

 slowly fades

 slowly fades

 away