Thursday, January 7, 2016

7657. YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
7th Street's not a real frontier, and I've
got a fixed-blade knife right here. Civil
War vintage too. There's a man wearing
dark pants nearby the table. He stands as
straight as can be. I am not him, and he 
is not me. Each setting has a lit candle.
Flickering lights now dot the room. 
People come in, and find a place to sit  - 
they are served by two girls in fine dress.
I do not know the meanings for this, yet
I enjoy here the spectacle; like a 
festival of night, or of flickering 
light. Whichever, I guess, 
you'd prefer.

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