Late Night Diners

By: Charles Giuliano - Jan 26, 2022

 

Late Night Diners

Nothing like late night
Roaming the streets
Hack for Town Taxi
City asleep
Hit the joints
No Name for supper
Down by the harbor
Always crowded
Sat at the counter
Fresh scrod
Cuppah chowdah
Or Brandeis days
Got the munchies
Stokin reefers
Fred Hart's Diner
With its townies
Franks and beans
Lotsah catsup
Havad Square
Meant The Bick
Over easy
Side of down
Burn the British
Draw one
Counter talk
Dames called Dottie
Calling short orders
Always a show
Boozers and bikers
Writing for the Herald
Midnight deadlines
Then Chinatown
For a hot pot
Grab the first edition
Dumped on sidewalk
Type raised like Braille
Another hangout
Drunks, cops, and prosties
Legendary Mondo’s
Old Quincy Market
Before it went fancy
Gussied all up
Tourist trap
Cut the crap
Me and the Blind
Many a gonzo night
Ending at Mondo’s
Farmer’s Special
Just 99 cents
Less than a buck
Down on your luck
Three eggs
Four sausages
Hash browns
Cuppah java
Living to eat
Long ago and
Far away
What say you
Roger me mate
Never too late
Sweet dreams