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Post by goldenmyst on Feb 13, 2024 16:52:05 GMT -5
Girl From the Vegan Café Sinatra diner for vegan gumbo okra blues Where waitress floats on scarlet pigtails For holy salad days of youth In checkered britches A Bauhaus Bolshevik With nose rings Whose golden bands are nuptial dreams
She gazes at my ancient visage Like Alice from a foxhole As she grooves to the Latina On the radio Whose Mexican vibes She remembers like the barrio dusk Where the taquería sold tofu tacos For two dollars a piece And Pachucas counted chili peppers While the zoot suits smiled like children As she read the newspaper
But this café is her cabaret Where Satchmo lives and breathes again To serenade her with la vie en rose When closing time approaches And she emerges from the Diego Rivera mural Of this café scene Onto the street Where angelic hobos dream Like in the Teotihuacan dusk Where a transcendental pyramid Of flowered time awaits In a Mayan calendar When dreams rise like incense smoke Of an ancient memory
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