Combined poesy - Gritty and Cue

Have a poem yall...two from the Vault combined.

Taking vacation - see you there after! - JV

i.

Waiting for Bob La France to pick me up in the Long Red AMC Marlin

All anticipation in the night of Nitty Gritty

Playing Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits in the anticipation

Eyeballing a zit in the truth-telling mirror

Getting psyched When Everybody Needs Somebody shook the radio

Entering the long dark dusty archive - Soulville - to get the 45.

And I Found a Love. 634-5789 - A Racine Exchange!

ii.

But the Juke Box at the Lucky Cue is the altar where we share these offerings. 

he Lucky Cue was punk for us! 

Recall The Cue: You walk in there and the juke box is playing. 

Two long rows of greenfelt tables, pinball machines up front, more tables and a mezzanine level in the back. 

And the juke box is playing 

96 Tears, 

Sometimes Good Guys Dont Wear White, 

You Gonna Miss Me, and 

Pushing Too Hard, by 

Question Mark and the Mysterians, 

the Standells, 

the 13th Floor Elevators, and 

the Seeds, respectively. 

You eye the tables and the thin observing crowd.