Rainy evening, <br />And the blues jump out at me! <br />I've heard that song before - <br />But not drifting through shallow walls <br />On Eutaw Street where the sidewalks <br />Have been rolled up at five... <br />Rainy evening, <br />And some sly musical note says <br />'Close your umbrella and come on in <br />no need to walk alone'... <br />'No Fish Today' on the window... <br />Is this some kind of freaked out restaurant? <br />The window unveils no tale, <br />The music wails on, <br />And with a coward's gait I go in, <br />And there ain't nothing cooking but four dudes man! <br />Cooking nothing but some jazz! <br />And they don't even know its raining... <br />Ain't nobody wet but me! <br />That funky sounding jazz steals my blues away! <br />'No Fish today'! <br />Ain't serving nothing but soul food - <br />Music Al A Carte! <br />Midnite and the sun is out!<br /><br />Dorothy (Alves) Holmes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-fish-today-the-platter-was-brass/
