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Poem from the Blue Danube Lounge & Restaurant: Fine Dining, Cocktails, and Every Night Polka Music (Drinking)

Kenneth DiMaggio

“It’s either us
or the drinking”
--but so far
the record
goes to Earl & Phyllis
for threatening
to secede
from a marriage
that may not have
much love or sex
anymore
but would always
have enough alcohol
to pass out together

--for which
they had their own
special corner

--their stupor
never very long
once the bikers
at the bar
pelted them with
bottle caps pretzels
and salt & pepper shakers

--rousing from
Phyllis & Earl
“Sons a bitches!”
“Fuckers!”
“Let’s go kick their asses!”

--Phyllis fist-ready
to slug one or two
of those bad boys
who were young enough
to be her sons

But Earl
pulling her back
more sober in
knowing
if not for their drinking--

--who would there be
to protect him

and who would he have
to save & support

when he no longer
needed protecting



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