Rick’s

What is so wrong with having somewhere seedy to eat?
To take in live music while people continue to enter
Handing their coats to the wait staff, a nonverbal announcement
Being made for all to ignore while sipping their wine
Everyone is paying close attention to the shadow whisperers
Listening without stopping their conversations
Hoping to observe that which is missing from their lives
Handshakes passing sordid information by the palm
Dressed to the nines for chivalrous back stabbing
Highballs and cigarettes and knives shining
Legs crossed and leaning back with a snifter
Comfortable in fancy pants
Try getting that at IHOP