WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.468 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.468 --> 00:00:03.510 align:middle line:84% This is another poem about him, but this is one-- 00:00:03.510 --> 00:00:05.440 align:middle line:84% I used to have to go look for him. 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:07.770 align:middle line:84% That was my job because I was the oldest of the five 00:00:07.770 --> 00:00:08.440 align:middle line:90% children. 00:00:08.440 --> 00:00:11.130 align:middle line:84% So I have to go to the tavern, and you weren't allowed in, 00:00:11.130 --> 00:00:13.560 align:middle line:84% of course, so you had to peer through into that dark 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:16.868 align:middle line:84% and see if you could see him along the bar. 00:00:16.868 --> 00:00:18.660 align:middle line:84% So going home, this time was the first time 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:21.390 align:middle line:84% I really had been in these hometown bars. 00:00:21.390 --> 00:00:23.070 align:middle line:84% So I went into the Shenook Tavern, 00:00:23.070 --> 00:00:26.670 align:middle line:90% and this is what happened. 00:00:26.670 --> 00:00:29.706 align:middle line:84% It's called "At the Shenook Tavern." 00:00:29.706 --> 00:00:35.370 align:middle line:84% "There's a nose mark on the glass, under the gilt-edged "No 00:00:35.370 --> 00:00:37.350 align:middle line:90% Minors." 00:00:37.350 --> 00:00:40.410 align:middle line:84% Today, we walked in here for a beer. 00:00:40.410 --> 00:00:44.340 align:middle line:84% The "no" was scratched off, then penciled back. 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:47.820 align:middle line:84% Someone knew we'd all get old enough to be here. 00:00:47.820 --> 00:00:51.160 align:middle line:90% 00:00:51.160 --> 00:00:53.290 align:middle line:84% My father stands at the end of the bar 00:00:53.290 --> 00:00:55.450 align:middle line:84% drinking his beer from the bottle, 00:00:55.450 --> 00:00:57.820 align:middle line:90% so cold when he sets it down. 00:00:57.820 --> 00:01:00.610 align:middle line:90% The fingermarks run together. 00:01:00.610 --> 00:01:03.610 align:middle line:84% This is my daughter, he tells the Swede. 00:01:03.610 --> 00:01:05.590 align:middle line:90% I should know you, says Swede. 00:01:05.590 --> 00:01:08.080 align:middle line:90% You're as pretty as my daughter. 00:01:08.080 --> 00:01:10.925 align:middle line:84% I hope your daughter is pretty, I said. 00:01:10.925 --> 00:01:11.425 align:middle line:90% Hello, 00:01:11.425 --> 00:01:13.480 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:14.830 align:middle line:90% 00:01:14.830 --> 00:01:16.420 align:middle line:90% He can't shake with that arm. 00:01:16.420 --> 00:01:18.580 align:middle line:84% A lady ran into me and didn't know it. 00:01:18.580 --> 00:01:19.990 align:middle line:90% I'm a strong old son of a gun. 00:01:19.990 --> 00:01:22.120 align:middle line:84% I held on to her bumper for 30 yards. 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:22.620 align:middle line:90% They 00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:25.120 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:29.275 align:middle line:90% 00:01:29.275 --> 00:01:32.830 align:middle line:84% They had to take the top out of my shoulder. 00:01:32.830 --> 00:01:35.890 align:middle line:84% This is my daughter, my father says to the barman. 00:01:35.890 --> 00:01:37.450 align:middle line:90% Warren, he said. 00:01:37.450 --> 00:01:39.790 align:middle line:90% His wife shakes with me, too. 00:01:39.790 --> 00:01:40.600 align:middle line:90% Well damn! 00:01:40.600 --> 00:01:42.280 align:middle line:84% I should know you, my father says 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:44.620 align:middle line:90% to someone's face walking up. 00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:49.090 align:middle line:84% When I turn over in my sleep, it pops out. 00:01:49.090 --> 00:01:50.740 align:middle line:90% Let's go. 00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:54.460 align:middle line:84% The pool table cemetery green, under the high white tubes 00:01:54.460 --> 00:01:58.090 align:middle line:84% of light, suddenly on the street, it's daylight, 00:01:58.090 --> 00:02:02.460 align:middle line:84% and us parked somewhere we can't remember." 00:02:02.460 --> 00:02:05.000 align:middle line:90%