### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### #### ### ### ##### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ### ########## ### ### ########## ### ### ### ### Underground eXperts United Presents... ####### ## ## ####### # # ## ## ####### ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## #### ## ## #### # # ####### ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### # # ## ####### ## [ The Lost Bar Fight ] [ By Jay DeKalb ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ The Lost Bar Fight I. ten to midnight curls of smoke gusts in intervals drawls of the opening door drip off the bar bartender sways back bar stool drip suspending... eyes close over a fluff of white drip drip suspending... the peel-open reveals swollen lava streaks down suspending... rag absorbs a beer puddle II. static, stuffy a slow echo in the air a squeamish whine rolls smoke and tumbles, whirls crashes with a shriek shrill lava bubbles I bat around the eyes I cast my vision in the window disruption with the door ajar thickness of my neck a girl's tear drops "slip," she says "it was a slip up" and again the flatness but what a rush "he'd never mean a thing like that" God knows he seemed sincere decend the pulled-at cotton puffs drips further down the bar twitch, twitch of the bartender's eyes drip drip suspending... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uXu #494 Underground eXperts United 1999 uXu #494 Call THE YOUNG GODS -> +351-1XX-XXXXX ---------------------------------------------------------------------------