Red ink on a stained yellow napkin.
Tequila Willie’s Saloon & Grill bar.
From January 15, 1987. – JDW
Friday night, party time.
I pulled my car out
of the parking lot,
drove a block
and saw a man in a blue sweater
walking
a three-legged toy poodle
in a matching blue sweater.
Two blocks later,
at a stoplight
I glanced to my left
a priest
with a maniacal grin
was slowly driving
a Budweiser truck
the wrong way
down a one-way street
with his lights off.
I turned back
and drove home.