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Just Before My Shift Ends at The Uptowner (Free verse) by jessicazee
The beer I spill bubbles like hydrogen peroxide on the dirty wooden bar. See that? That beer I spilled? That’s alcohol abuse. I won’t charge you for that. If you spill a cocked dice again you will buy the bar. It’s all in the wrist, okay! Fives Still alive, we both have a horse. I have four fours all day. Ooh, too bad, you pay. Two songs into Carol King’s Tapestry and someone plays the jukebox. I slip the hundreds and fifties under the coin drawer, Take a shot of Jameson to punch out, Your turn, I’ll get you ice, do dishes, leave you a line.

Up the ladder: Goodbye

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Arithmetic Mean: 6.25
Weighted score: 5.1490035
Overall Rank: 5268
Posted: October 9, 2005 8:25 PM PDT; Last modified: October 9, 2005 8:25 PM PDT
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[9] Dovina @ 209.247.222.92 | 10-Oct-05/5:14 AM | Reply
I laughed and and sympathized. Bar talk is almost spiritual at times, almost like church.
[9] INTRANSIT @ 152.163.100.67 | 10-Oct-05/6:46 AM | Reply
If I only knw gambling jargon.....
[9] INTRANSIT @ 152.163.100.138 > INTRANSIT | 10-Oct-05/6:47 AM | Reply
whoda thunk just friendly needling could make a poem, ha!
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