“Shades of ‘Sammy'”

(Over at dVerse, Victoria recommends the use of active verbs.)

I open-close
the door
to the dive
on 29^th Street
and head-to-toe
the crowd
that’s
swinging-and-swaying
on the dance floor.

My eye digitizes
Izzy Cronin,
my go-to guy.
I slip-slide
through
the twinkletoes
and shoulder-tap
my pigeon.

His memory card
telegraphs
red-flashers
to his brain-trust
and he
two-steps
it outta here

I slow-boat it
over to the bar
and two-finger
the hootch-handler
for a double
on the rocks.

I’m a patient man.
I’ll pop Izzy later.

(Written for dVerse, Meeting the Bar, “Banish Boredom: Rx: Verbs!” January 16, 2014.)