xii.  mad, left her @ pub


Boo, doo, wop, doing, ka doing,
ba dooo, w-op .  Sha-shoom.  Shoom.

i am, ah, lahve!

i write on a dirty napkin
@ Odessa�s diner
while across the room
some white-guy in his 40s
chat ear off of white gal
in her 40s about the
history of America literature /
Voice / pen picking nose sh-
boing   Jefferson was .  Some
german guy .  the french felt .
Pound did the same .  Include
that they were more similar to .
Lincoln said .  The German first

But I don�t hear black names
Spanish names.  Asia names.
Native America / Indian Name.  Some
other .  But why am I not

[flip to other side of napkin]

surprised .

Elvis sings �I�m so lonely /
I could die�  the radio
still plays .

Yes could I get check,
please .
No mas caf� .  Gracias .
Sound of ^ paper placed on
               stiff
table upside down like
it is one big secret .  Same
waiter behind register no
see creed .

It also adds desperation
the white guy across the
room says .  But in Ireland   .
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