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26 ounces in a single draft
well under $3
only a couple people in town
Van Halen is here
he's ruling the jukebox as we arrive
a man plays pool
by himself
AJ takes a drag from his smoke
and resolves to quit
we talk
about poetry
about getting on our way after these beers
about not much else