burned by midnight oil
tongues and pockets greased
bacon and loin drippings
one-two-many cocktails
straight shooters and oysters
tables of agendas
politics around poles
poll dances with death
discriminating cases
incriminating tastes
legalese for legal ease
party for the partisan
no budget for this bill
then in came the winds screaming down the mountain the giant hemlock shaking angry as us all that the end of April feels like the end of Fall and now snow does with the gust white whirling snow devils
I didn't drink coffee until after highschool that summer I took a new job at River Marina first morning on the job Pat Jennings, my new boss asked, "Do you drink coffee?" I shook my head "Well, then y