HAM & EGGS & A SIDE OF . . . . . RITA? by Ed Markowski

I WAS THIRTY - TWO YEARS FROM HOME WHEN OUR EYES COLLIDED AT
DOC HOLOGRAM 'S GHOST COAST DINER ON LAKE SUPERIOR 'S SOUTH
SHORE I WINKED BACON SIZZLED SHE SMILED I BLINKED SHE BALANCED
I WOBBLED SHE SHIMMERED I SQUINTED SHE SHIMMERED I DROOLED
SHE VIBRATED I BUZZED SHE BOUNCED I ROSE & FELL ROSE & FELL
ROSE & FELL ROSE FELL & FOLLOWED SHE JUGGLED MY BROWN EYES
FOUR DENVER OMELETS FIVE FULL CUPS OF LUCY 'S LOVE POTION LATTE'
SIX DRIPPING CUSTARD STICKS GARY POWERS THE CARPENTER JACK JAMES
THE ELECTRICIAN DRUMSTICK DONNIE THE PLUMBER ESSA MAKI THE MAYOR
& TWO POWDER SUGAR COATED COPS BADGE NUMBERS 12354 & 41454
I WINKED AGAIN SHE LICKED HER LIPS THE SUNLIT PINK TIP OF HER TONGUE
WAVING GUIDING CHAINING & LOCKING ME TO THE RED DELICIOUS APPLE
SOFT RED WALLS OF HER VELVET VAULT COFFEE GEYSERS ERUPTED ON
EVERY TABLE AROUND THE ROOM TWO COKE GLASSES FELL OFF CARLITO
THE BUS BOY 'S OVER LOADED ALUMINUM TRAY SHATTERING AS ONE IN
AUDIBLE SOUND TWO PATS OF DIXIE BELLE BUTTER SLID SINKING INTO
A RAFT OF HASH BROWNS FIVE NAUTICAL SECONDS PAST THAT MISTER MIKE
MOON THE PHARMACIST TARGETED TRINA THE TELLER WITH HIS VERY BEST
VOODOO ZOMBIE XANAX GAZE TRINA THE TELLER BLEW A TABASCO &
TOBACCO SOAKED & SCENTED KISS TO CONNIE WILSON 'S KID BROTHER
DIAMOND EYE DUKE THE FASTEST BURGER FLIPPING ONION SLICING DEEP
FRIED DANDY SOUTH OF MARS AVENUE ACCORDING TO THE WORDS OF
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS MOLLY ANNE PICKET SWIVELING FIVE STOOLS WEST
OF TWO PERFECTLY COOKED FARM FRESH EGGS OOZING YOLK LAYING
SIDE BY SIDE & OVER INCREDIBLY EASY WITH THREE THICK SLICES OF
LEE 'S REBEL ROAR COUNTRY HAM & A SIDE OF DUST DRY RYE PLACED
BEFORE ME SIX HOURS & SIX & A HALF MINUTES BEFORE WE CALLED
ROOM SERVICE ORDERED EACH OTHER RAW RARE RAWER & RARER THEN
SEASONED LICKED BIT NIBBLED SUCKED SIPPED DEVOURED & DIGESTED EACH
OTHER IN ROOM TWENTY - TWO AT THE PAIR - A - DICE CASINO HOTEL ON
THE INSKIRTS OF HER OUTSKIRTS IN THE CENTER OF CHRISTMAS MICHIGAN
& I WOULDN 'T BET ON IT BUT I THINK MY WHITE HOT BLUE EYED SOUR
MASH SCENTED WIFE FOR A NIGHT ' S NAME WAS JUST GIMME A MINUTE
IT 'LL COME TO ME.

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