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2011-02-08 16-27-57 |
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The dive bar girl
It was your typical dive bar, the kind that is mirrored on the streets of the blue collar neighborhoods throughout this country. The only things setting this place apart from those others were that the pool tables were the worst I had ever seen, and the bartenders wore the tiniest bikinis they could, while still being considered clothed. With them, the wore thigh high vinyl boots or thin strapped stiletto heels. The peanut shells littering the floor looked as if they had not been swept up in two months, the jukebox had the all too common mix of country and classic rock, blaring mostly Kid Rock and 58809 Buffet through the night. The drinks were good and stiff, the glasses dirty, the clients consisted of mostly bikers, drug addicts, and the local flotsam and jetsam one finds in the neglected streets of the once remote suburbs. This was the way a dive bar should be I felt, it is too bad I had to find it in New Mexico. It was a little after 9 o'clock at night when she walked in. Platinum blond hair, an unremarkable angular face, cold steel colored eyes, and a thin, tall body, encased in faded jeans and t-shirt. She looked around nervously for a second, then took her seat in front of the touch screen game machine. Reaching into her purse she removed a Gucci wallet lined on both sides with credit cards, pulled from it a fifty dollar bill and ordered a Rum & Coke. When the bartender asked for her ID, she smiled warmly, flattered, and presented a California drivers license. She quickly stuffed the wallet back into her faded purse, and when her drink came, she inserted a five dollar bill from her change in the machine. Her left hand bearing a 3 stone diamond ring she placed between the game and the wall where it was out of sight, her right hand quickly danced around the monitor as she placed cards in the right order with mechanical precision. I continued playing pool alone, occasionally glancing a nipple from the drunk girl on the table next to mine whenever she would lean over to take a shot. Her date for the night seemed annoyed at having to be seen with her. From his furtive glances towards the door whenever someone walked in, it was clear that he had something to hide. About 20 minutes went by when his cell phone rang, he said in a startled voice, "Oh shit, it's Tina." The girl frowned, and replied, cont...
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