TIPITINA’S
STANDOFF AT TIPITINA’S
It was long & white & silky Stretched on forever
Well at least until the V of her dress revealed a hollow
also perfect silky It was rhythmically moving up&down&up&down
Gyrating may be too strong a word OK Let’s call it a saw-off
All of this against my husband’s equally long (not so silky) back
as we watched George Clinton’s bacchanalia unfold below at
Tipitina’s (501 Napoleon Ave. New Orleans LA) With Soul-Sister DJ
on the floor doin things I shan’t explain (involving crawling & spreading)
I did not know whether to take Silky Back Woman outside or applaud my guy’s
staying power He leaned on the rail like he owned it Hockey-hard body groovin
to George C. I knew in his heart he was transported to Lakehead U. where he
reigned as THE BLONDE So mostly I just kept my clenched fist in my pocket
waving it only occasionally cowardly at the silkiest back I have ever seen
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My heroes had the heart
To live their lives out on a limb
And all I remember
Is thinking, I want to be like them
Crazy Pat Green/Gnarls Barkley

Late Winter 2013
Tipitina tra la la la…was she three times seven, baby??