Tuesday, June 20, 2017

written down upon regaining consciousness outside the Tampa Bay Convention Center

Jazz-Fire tonight at the
Miami Diner
cold weather depression?
come to Miami Diner
or visit our sister,
Everglades!
the smell and taste of Florida,
Indiana style

with special guest
Weds thru Friday
performing the hit single didn’t
suspect his evasions,
one man band,
Juan "green jello" Johnson
live
at Miami Diner

Saturday only:
corner a feeling
at,
Everglades! starring
professional mesmerizer
Nate “gnat nuts” Cohen.
his talent makes you
sick and excited
at the same time
                         --unpaid family member

like a WalMart of self betterment
says dance instructor Frank
“Pierce” Brosnan
free afternoon lesson when he can
sneak away at
Miami Diner

blue screen
Everglades! logo up
VO: Happy Hour is what we make it
$2.00 Sinkholes
$1.00 Gator Snatch
$2.50 Blackouts
special event?
make it beg for discipline with
our expert grooming
consultants (free estimates)

where were you?
if watching this, then
not here!
make plans to return
we want in your head for good

don’t forget our sister,
Everglades! serving
American-Made Chinese
and our global dessert cart
you don’t deserve this
much sweet       
                     --voice you heard
                         before nodding off at
                         sunday school

Tuesday’s Brown Bag lunch includes
ice cream, new clothes & grown up drinks
be polite. we’re family
open the door already
Miami Diner on the Lake
don’t trust your whispering instinct

Miami Diner blue
plate special every second morning
featuring this
week, Rashid Samantha and his
Oklahoma Stingers
shudder to think what we’re capable of at
Miami Diner: right under your nose
open on Father’s Day

new at
Everglades! (subsidiary of Miami Diner Inc.)
there's one in every family cabaret revue
you look forward to it.
don't you?
you anticipate;
we deliver!

Craigslist post
filed under
chapter 11 bankruptcy:
72 inch, 8 burner gas oven
cold storage
xxx lg Miami Diner & Everglades!
t-shirts
unbreakable tumblers
permanently embossed

2 comments:

  1. I like this. You capture, humorously, the promotional hype of these hotel bars! Curious about "gator snatch"....lol...."his talent makes you sick and excited"....I liked this
    -Michael

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  2. Thank you for letting me read your poems. I appreciate and enjoy it. Like this batch a great deal, especially this one. You really captured the tone and almost carnival huckster quality of these places. The mini-van poem is also especially good. What happens when a pirate becomes "Dad"? Liked it....lots!

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