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The following can also be found in the book Chicago Stories 1998. Click here to learn more, and to download a free electronic copy.

And the bartender says
“I've seen Caddyshack
so many times
it would fill 24 days
if put back to back”

so I say
“I think I could say
the same thing
about Blue Velvet”

and then I realize
I'm dressed tonight
exactly out of a scene
out of Blue Velvet

Black suit
with black shirt
and black tie
and black shoes
black shiny shoes

I am dressed in crisp diffusion
through a Frederick Elmes lens
My hair is bleached
and I feel like a
bad-ass
motherfucker

And then I realize
I'm sitting in a bar
alone
talking to the bartender
about how I've seen
Blue Velvet
enough times
to fill 24 days
back to back

Heineken?
Fuck that shit!
Pabst Blue Ribbon!

Copyright 1998, Jason Pettus. All rights reserved. This was published under a Creative Commons license; click here for details. Contact: ilikejason [at] gmail [dot] com.