How I Met Josie

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This poem based on songs from Steely Dan

How I met Josie

I met Josie at the Black Cow
a watering hole for singles
pair of jade Green Earrings 
adorned her ears
and drew my eye

we talked about our pasts
spent time Reelin’ In the Years
found out she had gone to Bard College
which was My Old School and
we enjoyed a Time Out of Mind

we watched the Baylon Sisters
sing Pretzel Logic, when they were done
the crowd shouted Do It Again
all waitresses were assigned a number, ours was nineteen
whenever we needed more drinks we yelled
Hey Nineteen!

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