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Mackley leans over

and says to me:
“listen to that, will ya?

did you ever notice
how every country song
on the radio
sounds like
George Strait?

like this one,
for instance…

it’s
George Strait.”

i look at him and say:
“but that’s
a woman
singing.”

“doesn’t matter…

George Strait.

every freakin’ song
on the radio…

it’s
George Strait.”

he sat there,
listening for a bit,
and said
“god, i hate
country music,
don’t you?”

“damn straight.”

we were at

the hotel bar,
ordering drinks.

i got
tequila for me
and she wanted
something pink,

so, i asked for
a strawberry colada.

the waitress looks at me
and says
“we don’t serve
daiquiris.”

i looked at her
and ordered a wine
instead.

there was live music
at the bar…

the Jerry Stein Trio.

there were
two of them.

right then
they were playing
the old Patsy Cline hit
“Crazy”.

they were playing it
real slow and
it was kinda nice.

maybe it was
the tequila…

but it was nice.

one of the guys
at the bar,
who hadn’t said a word
all night,
turned to me and said
“they’re playing
an Eagles song. i
love the Eagles.
that’s Desperado.

i know that damn song
by heart.”

that’s just the kind
of night it was.

nothing seemed to fit.

some nights are like that.

some nights you just
lower your head,
deal with it
and take one
for the team.

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