Deward and Pauline’s

Sitting in a Denny’s late at night

Hash browns, eggs, biscuits and gravy.

Thinking back to the best and worst of times

Coffee hot and appetite strong.

Familiar scenes of Deward and Pauline’s. 

As with everything from those days, they’re gone.

Too old to tango; not too old to sing

I’ll bring them back again

When the bars close and the music stops.

Singing back down that highway

Going home from Deward and Pauline’s.

James Middleton

10/13/2017