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Me and a bartender— the only people in the pool hall.
Garret Schuelke
SourceLicence:Public domain
Me and a bartender— the only people in the pool hall.
Three short lines set a whole scene: a pool hall with almost no one in it. The speaker and a bartender are the only two people there. That's all we're told, and the poem's power comes from how much it leaves unsaid.
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