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I sat nursing a overpriced draft in a underated dive in Carolina. I won't go into the details of it's location. I won't be there by the time of anyone reading this. And moments are just that and best left alone. It was a empty bar . Only me and the bartender and we weren't here for conversation. I was avoiding the heat and like some B movie vampire in his coffin. I found no need to view the light only burn my night world existence. I never really liked bars much. The people were pretty much the same social circle rejects and broken highschool hero's who relived glory one beer at a time. They always hated the jukebox . Me I preferred a good song over some far fetched lie about how some **** ******* saved the game. Honestly I enjoyed a good drink and some even better music. As well as the night's silence. Simple people hate silence. It forces them to think. And thinking is a dangerous task for a halfwit. Course I had to escape my hermit existence sometimes. Air out my stale thoughts at least for awhile. I sat there spending what little I never truly had to begin with. Semi cold beer and smoke the perfume of my thoughts. I shared only with the wasted page. Hey mind turning on the jukebox? I asked the silent man sitting across the bar. It's broke he said and nothing more. Well seems me and that machine have something in common. Sometimes stepping outside seemed like a good idea. Until you realize outside is filled with a bunch of annoying ****** I never went back to that dive although I hear the jukebox was later replaced . With some game that sat at the end of the bar like some idiot box microwave. Still I think it has more personality than that bartender . Course I believe at abuck a play it's overrated to begin with. Cheers.
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Apr 29, 2013
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:53 PM UTC
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I sat nursing a overpriced draft in a underated dive in Carolina. I won't go into the details of it's location. I won't be there by the time of anyone reading this. And moments are just that and best left alone. It was a empty bar . Only me and the bartender and we weren't here for conversation. I was avoiding the heat and like some B movie vampire in his coffin. I found no need to view the light only burn my night world existence. I never really liked bars much. The people were pretty much the same social circle rejects and broken highschool hero's who relived glory one beer at a time. They always hated the jukebox . Me I preferred a good song over some far fetched lie about how some **** ******* saved the game. Honestly I enjoyed a good drink and some even better music. As well as the night's silence. Simple people hate silence. It forces them to think. And thinking is a dangerous task for a halfwit. Course I had to escape my hermit existence sometimes. Air out my stale thoughts at least for awhile. I sat there spending what little I never truly had to begin with. Semi cold beer and smoke the perfume of my thoughts. I shared only with the wasted page. Hey mind turning on the jukebox? I asked the silent man sitting across the bar. It's broke he said and nothing more. Well seems me and that machine have something in common. Sometimes stepping outside seemed like a good idea. Until you realize outside is filled with a bunch of annoying ****** I never went back to that dive although I hear the jukebox was later replaced . With some game that sat at the end of the bar like some idiot box microwave. Still I think it has more personality than that bartender . Course I believe at abuck a play it's overrated to begin with. Cheers.
john-patrick-robbins-aka-gonzo
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Apr 29, 2013
Apr 29, 2013 at 10:53 PM UTC
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