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TinaTrivett
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0 posted 2006-08-07 03:49 PM


Slate gray skies, bare trees and sharp winds

The old yellow brick bar smells of peanuts on the floor and stale beer

Echoes of laughter make their way through the years

men gather to trade war stories, and fishing tales, and argue who to vote for

Anything to validate their addiction and lend comradery

Behind the bottles, in the mirror, there they are looking back

Sons of Slovaks and Germans and Italians and Greeks and Irish

A Pennsylvania blend of mill workers and farmers and carpenters and bakers

The old wooden phone booth in the corner holds all of the lies told to wives and girlfriends

Round glass windows let in deco sunshine back in their day


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Deep in the heart
1 posted 2006-08-07 03:55 PM


Very thought provoking write
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