In Memory of Bogie and Bacall

[image error]In Memory of Bogie and Bacall
From The Spider Lady and Other Short Stories and Poetry
by Mark Alberto Yoder Nunez
Photograph by author

I walked into the shade and cool of this bar to get some relief from walking the city streets on a hot, weekday afternoon.  The overhead fans were slowly turning.  It was uncrowded, mainly empty, just as I wanted.  I asked the bartender for a cool drink and took the drink to one of the empty tables away from the few people sitting at the bar.  There were lots of...