Welcome to the Free
\nYou stand pissing in the same world as
\nFreaks and
\nSoldiers
\nCops and
\nStrangers
\nBeatnik Preacher Homosexual Revolutionaries
\nYou drop water with
\nKings and
\nDevils
\nWhores and
\nUPS men
\nThe Exalted and
\nThe truly evil
\nThe likes of You pass time
\nAnd Wind here
\nAlong with Doctors and
\nLawyers and
\nArtists and
\nJunkies
\nPoliticians have reared ugly heads in here
\nWriters and
\nConfederates too
\nAnd the insane the
\nInsane have bathed in the very sink you
\n(hopefully)
\nWash your hands in
\nCackling as the water slid over their
\nFevered skins
\nLovers have stopped here
\nHaters as well
\nStudents Professors Runaways
\nThe Spiritual and the Jaded
\nSpinning short tales of lust or devotion or both right where you
\nStand
\nhere in the cubby
\nIn the inner sanctum
\nDeep in the secret heart of this
\nHoly Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n
-Harry Sweet Feet Fagel 2000 <\/p>\n
Authors Note: This poem was written in tribute to the Cafe Roma, which used to reside at 4440 Maryland Parkway. It was the first place I read poetry out loud to others on a regular basis, and it was truly a magical place. Open mics, acoustic nights, “The Killers” Dayvid Figler, Trish Martin, Alex Getchell, Josh Brown, Biscuit Street Preacher, RU, Ken Jordan of Crystal Method, Romney the Rocket, Spit Newborn, Elizabeth Blau, Zog, Sonny, Roller Blading, Beth Carey, Saab Lofton, Steve Custer, Frank Masey, Crazy Bob, Kate Hausbeck, Scott Johnson, the list goes on and on, and just like the poem says, so very much more. I miss this spot still, and I am sure so many others do as well. I could list names until I ran out of band width, so if you read this and remember, please post. Filthy, amazing, Roma. R.I.P. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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