Sunday, September 25, 2022

15,630. THE LOWER BOA BASIN

THE LOWER BOA BASIN
It's an unheard of place where the
crocodiles stay mean forever. They 
charge ten bucks a bite. Money like
that changes hands a hundred times
a day  - gamblers, whores, showgirls,
and mobsters. They all mix it up.
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The Columbians come up selling guns.
Brazilian underworld types mingle with
the more settled crowd, drinking high-up
cocktails no one's ever heard of before.
The wind tears the covers off the boats.
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It got called Lower Boa a long time
back. I never found out why, nor what
it meant. It referred to something, I 
suppose. With a clientele like that,
it simply had to have a meaning.

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