Corner store,
Hole in the wall,
Loaded for every purpose;
Loaded for every purpose;
A catch-all of sorts
all you will ever need.
A story of Storyville and how it’s done
down in the Big Easy;
Inspectors and the men in blue
On the make, on the take,
Look the other way for a stake.
Brash and bare
owner and soapbox,
A ready audience –
Transplanted northerner;
Interested transient
A story of Storyville and how it’s done
down in the Big Easy;
Inspectors and the men in blue
On the make, on the take,
Look the other way for a stake.
Brash and bare
owner and soapbox,
A ready audience –
Transplanted northerner;
Interested transient
on the edge of their seat.
Bag of cold crawdads
Spicy and fresh, ready
Twist and eat, like their fingers.
Carcasses in the drum by their feet
Drinking in the yarn, the tale,
Of the spirited storyteller.
Bag of cold crawdads
Spicy and fresh, ready
Twist and eat, like their fingers.
Carcasses in the drum by their feet
Drinking in the yarn, the tale,
Of the spirited storyteller.
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edited May 13, 2015
Quartermaster – v3
(editing version 2)
edited July 3, 2014
Quartermaster – v2
Quartermaster
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