Part Two

Music cold dark sweet doom jazz mellow

like watching out the window of a diner

a few shady characters punctuate the sidewalk 

cars zoom zoom incognito splashing puddles

steam from sewer grates migrates upward

lamppost oasis in the gloomy darkness

a few diners, bars, flop houses still open

clatter, hiss, chatter, skid, curse, sing, glee

the whole place is alive but don’t 

let it get to you it flows flow with it just

don’t never get heavy with the heavies.