“Damn” is not his last name,”

Said Herb

To the man on the stool

With the beer at the bar.

….

“What?” said the man with the beer

To Herb,

Drinking his vodka and milk

On the stool at the bar.

….

I said, “God damn!”

Said the man with the beer.

…..

“And I said ‘Damn is not His last name!’”

Cried Herb with his vodka and milk.

…..

“Pow!” came the fist

From the man with the beer.

…..

“What’d you do that for?”

Asked Herb from the floor

To the man with the beer

On the stool at the bar.

– Gordon C. Stewart, June 6, 2012, Chaska, MN