Tagged: bar

almost twenty-four

almost twenty-four
moons since we last stepped into
this neighborhood gem –

names are foggy, but the flavors
will never quite escape us
.
20220121:1935
y

between thirty-four

between thirty-four
and forty-eight, we are
celebrating birthdays
in the east village
tonight, stringing the
eighties to the nineties
from the jukebox in
the corner. most of us
will become more
repetitive with
time – for now, we
will rely on
booze and song
.
20170217:2359
y

embedded into each

embedded into each
loving crevice, forty
years of walk-ins –
lovers, quarrelers,
dancers, stumblers,
and the bridge-and-
tunnel folks only
on the weekends
.
20130319:0841
y

there is certainly a

there is certainly a
pattern to all of this
whether or not we
choose to hum
it – see, the one
hundred and first
bar teases
that familiar
motif distinguishing
love from
destruction. yes,
development is
inescapable if we
wish to reach
the coda
.
20121213:0832
y

we collect data –

we collect data –
intentionally,
accidentally,
charmingly, sitting
elbow-to-elbow,
lips shiny, tongues
wet, a silent
prayer to the
bartender – for
some kind of love
.
20120220:1038
y

a tiresome pastime

a tiresome pastime –
treading dampened
conversations
on a friday afternoon
.
20110418:2118
y