None of them takes off a jacket.
Hunched around the horseshoe bar
on West 14th
knocking them back; silent.
No snippets of conversation.
Strictly to drink until closing.
Bartender knows by a nod
what and when to pour.
Place must be a hundred by now
still smoky after decades
of non-smoking laws.
Ashtrays on the bar overflow.
They brought in a band
that’s why I’m here.
To try and sing through the haze.
Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty year writer in all genres. Her most recent book, a Novel titled Hair Of A Fallen Angel, came out in the fall from Spuyten Duyvil Books, NYC. Tepper has also written 7 stage plays. Her third play titled EVA & ADAMO will present at The Tank, NYC, early fall. www.susantepper.com
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