Incident at The Relic Tavern
She kept saying, “No chickens!”
I couldn’t see any chickens from
where I was standing.
She said it again, then handed me
a business card with this note:
“Don’t be afraid to use it,
like my phone number. Both work.
Usually only women stop in here.”
OK. I sort of liked her look, but
was nervous just the same,
maybe because of the big guy
in the corner removing a dead cat.
Charles Luden • 9-8-07