Like what was done
With Pensacola’s
Famous grafitti bridge
Orderly blocks of color
Public service message
“Don’t drink and drive”
Seriously ominous
Shark rendition
Tag: local color
Sea Bass!!! Stop In
They’re brassy! They’re sassy! By popular demand. Back for a return engagement–Sea Bass & The Crustaceans.
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Pink jumbo shrimp
Red snapper
In neon brilliance
At Joe Patti’s place
And gourmet shop
Now appearing
Sea Bass
For a limited
Engagement
Clover Grill
A cool
Little diner
Great place
To gather
On a busy
Corner of Bourbon St.
With a name like that
It had to bring good luck
On the Half Shell
Husked out
Shells of
What was left
The day after
oysters
Rockefeller
Oysters on
The half-shell
Stop–look around
Tell ’em–Billy sent ya’
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FREEZIE BREEZIE
At Freezie Breezie
Philly cheese steaks, hot dogs, wraps
And Hershey’s ice cream
SHURFINE
Preston’s
Shurfine
Market sign
Oxidized to
Rusty brown
Red Coca Cola
Circles on both ends
Were long ago gone
Grass grew in cracks
Of broken sidewalk
Flaked and peeling
White clapboard
With faded blue trim
Formerly welcomed
The neighborhood
To stop, shop
Chat with Angie
At checkout
Lonnie at the
Butcher counter
Black, Hunter
Ceiling fans
Turned slowly
During hot summer
Old men greeted
Passers by from
Chrome-legged
Chairs on both
Sides of the
Front entrance
Nobody seemed
To be in a hurry
The proprietor
George Preston
Always there
For friendly
Conversations
To lend a hand
How long had it
Been since the
Store closed down?
Nobody knew how
To turn back time
MYSTICK SPIRIT
For decades
Wayfarers
Stopped, at
The familiar
Tin-roofed
Wayside
Watering
Hole, to
Wash, away
Blue highway
Road dust
Enjoy
Camaraderie
With, the locals
