Escape

I was thinking about Hogan's tonight,

And the amazing and eccentric people..

Their footsteps grace the street, the dance floor.

Reflecting upon the different stages of life-

The different people I have been,

Oh, I miss the shows, the red benches

Bill Finch and his cut-off shirts, his fun hair.



Many a conversation I've had with new people,

Engaged stares across a somewhat hazy atmosphere...

Thinking to myself, who is that? He has something to say,

And I have ears to hear.

I learned much about myself in that place..

And about human nature, all with clarity.

Hogan's has a place in my heart.

It is a venue for few folks in the valley who,

Embrace the arts, those desirous of "larger waters"

But, for now, Hogan's allows for perhaps an escape..

A feeling of the city..

And then, I walk ouside and I smell the mill.

God Bless Hogan's... a taste of the city inside,

And the reality of the small town outside.