four shots of espresso

by Marty Shambles

When Bobby and I went to the coffeeshop last, he said that Bob Dylan was overrated, and sure anyone elevated to demigod will fall flat, but Bob Dylan changed how we listen to things. All of us. Collectively. I tried to tell Bobby this, but I'm not good at talking anymore. Not since I got California sober and float around on a green cloud, like Aladdin, instead of walking… and through this fog, I sputter sentence fragments that add up to a point sometimes. Bobby said Dylan had like one good decade and maybe 6 good albums. I said, even if that were true, that's a monumental feat to reign over music for a decade and put out 6 killer albums. Most folks can't rule over a week now. Only the president knows how to make a constant noise in the zeitgeist anymore and that's because he's really bad at his job. Bobby and I don't talk about the president because what's to say? He still sucks? Sure. But what about college football? What about celebrating our accomplishments? He's getting into Vice and Playboy this year. And the Longhorns didn't get into the playoffs even with the win over A&M. It was cool in Texas and the coffeeshop played lofi beats to study to. No acoustic guitar. No words.

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