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Wolf Trap

Tony Brewer

The bar at Applebee’s in Wolf Trap VA
is the saddest place in the universe
outside of a jammed airport in Kabul
I’m serious – people here are dead
No one has the decency to close their eyes

The tender leans over my notebook
“Dude writes like that – he’s asking for it”
as if I’m going to get it
“They’re going to label you” he says
oblivious to his own tag & flair

I’ve been dressing like an old man
since the 90s – it’s all that shows
up at Goodwill: dead men’s shoes

Suddenly on TV we have won
as if a bar fight left
behind in a bloody heap
makes one a champion
As if scoring in a parking lot
from a stranger at a concert
makes one crafty & cooler
than a stranger in an alley
As if the fightin’ fix
did more than shim the banks

The tender rings the last call bell
I’m done but of course have another
Pavlovian response
in place of foreign policy

Some guys make bets squeezing
bar towels into a snifter
$5 – any takers?
There’s always one &
if not there’s one
out there on the verge
Maybe not $5 – maybe $10
or a smile from the right pretty face

Some nights they do it for nothin’
which is still something
but try telling that to a soldier on leave



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