Lowell, MA 1992 or so

A guy walks into a bar first thing he notices is the music next thing he notices is the odor next thing he notices is the lights next thing he notices is the bartender next thing he notices is the tiles on the floor next thing he notices is the smoke next thing he notices is the women next thing he notices are the men next thing he notices are the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women next thing he notices is the taps next thing he notices are the few empty seats next thing he notices the smell of money ( one million assholes at work can’t be wrong ) next thing he notices are the hairs on the arm of the man next to him next thing he notices is the rock music next thing he notices is the look in the eyes of the women next thing he notices are the fans on the ceiling next thing he notices is the disguise he has on next thing he notices is the utter depression next thing he notices is the way he walks next thing he notices are the women laughing at him next thing he notices is the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch next thing he notices is the way his collar is crooked next thing he notices is the bartender smiling at him (is this the guy in the hardware store too?) next thing he notices are the dwindling men next thing he notices is the hair of the woman sitting three stools down next thing he notices are her hands next thing he notices is her wedding band next thing he notices is the painful look on his face in the men’s room next thing he notices are the flowers on the sink next thing he notices his teeth, they are all there now –white is the color- next thing he notices is his feet on the tiles he saw earlier next thing he notices is how much warmer it is in the general bar area (it is small, tight, warm-it’s cool in the springtime here, he knows that, understands this) next thing he notices is the awful sound of a hit single next thing he notices are the two air conditioning units next thing he notices is the fact that there are two air conditioning units next thing he notices is the fact that he is sitting here in this bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units and he hasn’t really said much, so he attempts to strike up a conversation with this woman next to him who is also sitting in this bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units, she obliges, as she is by herself and looks pretty bored sitting around this bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units, they start talking about their jobs and where they are from, mind you this is taking place in the bar he walked into originally that had the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units, and now he has finally opened up to this woman by herself who is also hanging in the bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units, he doesn’t really know if he’s that interested in her yet, she hasn’t really revealed much, not there is much to reveal in the bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units, so they decide to talk music, they seem to hit it off on this subject, he can always talk music he knows this, we all know this, so they are sitting in this bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units and they start talking about how they are hanging in this bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units and how they have such similar tastes in music while sitting in this bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units imagine that here he was all by himself all last weekend, he would never have stepped into this bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units but here he was with this woman she was growing more interesting with each and every new band or artist she would blurt out sitting on the stool next to him in the bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units so they decide to take it outside as the bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units is closing soon, I mean most bars close around 1am around here, and this particular bar, the one with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units stays open pretty late, 2 am or so, not bad for a bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units but who knows maybe there are more bars around the world that also have the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units and they stay open until 2 am so they take it outside, and they are standing out in front of the the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units and they start to walk to his car which is parked in the parking lot of the bar that had the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units and he decides to finally ask her for her phone number, just an hour and a half earlier he had walked into this bar with the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units and figured he would be leaving by himself a drink or two later, but here he was sitting in front of his car that is parked in the parking lot of the bar that had the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units talking to this woman who was growing more attractive by the minute especially now that she was outside of the bar that had the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units as soon as they are ready to leave he shakes her hand in the parking lot of the bar that had the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units and gets in his car and drives home from the bar that had the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units when he gets in his house he does this silly little victory dance and decides to call her a few days later during the few days he refuses to go down to the bar that had the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units because he doesn’t want to run into her at the bar that had the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units so he avoids it and calls her the three days later and they decide to meet somewhere other than the bar that had the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units they end up at another bar that doesn’t have the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units well it has some of that stuff but not all of it the date ends with him giving her a peck on the cheek and driving home in a strange mood he feels like he might have rubbed her the wrong way he drives by the bar with the the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units but doesn’t stop as if he goes in the bar with the the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units he will be reminded of her he doesn’t need reminders of her he knows how it will end up this relationship that isn’t really a relationship anyway will end and he will end up back at the bar with the the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units and not be able to do anything about it he has been defeated yet again back to his room he goes the room is nothing like the bar with the the music and the odor and the lights and the bartender and the tiles on the floor and the smoke and the women and the men and the bathrooms, one for the men, one for the women and the taps and the few empty seats and the smell of money and the hairs on the arm of the man next to him and the rock music and the look in the eyes of the women and the fans on the ceiling and the disguise he has on and the utter depression and the way he walks and the women laughing at him and the man at the end of the bar with the shiny gold watch and the way his collar is crooked and the bartender smiling at him and the dwindling men and the hair of the woman sitting three stools down and her hands and her wedding band and the painful look on his face in the men’s room and the flowers on the sink and his teeth and his feet on the tiles he saw earlier and how much warmer it is in the general bar area and the awful sound of a hit single and the two air conditioning units and the fact that there are two air conditioning units the room has nothing he still has nothing.