I've always been partial to "hole" as in derogatory for a woman, but I'll readily concede they probably didn't know enough about idiomatic English for it to be the intention.
>>723162817 (OP)
the message is in a vacant bar. a watering hole that was once there. you could also pull and stretch at things and figure that it refers to james' alcoholism as a coping mechanism to deal with mary's illness, a hole that was there but filled with alcohol
the truth is it just doesn't really mean shit it's analysis bait