I Do This I Do That

Walking the city’s downtown streets
and it is Friday and it is night
the Steelheads are playing
and when they finish Old Chicago will fill
with fans and stars so I walk past,
see the fountain at City Hall full of soap again
the Egyptian is celebrating seventy five years
by showing silent films and letting the organ sing
but not feeling like sitting I turn left down Main
dodging hot dog carts, turn right on Sixth
where Trevor at Toad’ stamps my hand
pretending I paid admission,
but first it’s the Cactus which is crowded
and Barb brings orange juice before I order
outside Todd walks by with gutter punks
inside Jessica finds me so now we go
to Nampa with Amber who headlocks and drops
a stranger to the ground for stereotyping my tattoos
back to the car, I drive us to Crickets
where Shanna serves us the stiffest drinks
and as always the orange juice is free.