Crewsing! Poem by Barry Van Allen

What a crew we were ...
Me and a six - foot girl from South Africa,
and a Black guy from Denver!

But everything was good,
because we were being taught computers,
by a guy from down under!

He said that my voltage was uncivilized,
... trust me when I say that hertz!
and to take it from a guy that was
coming from the underside! ?

I believe that he trained us well,
and it only took 2 weeks to learn what
he was saying!
He said that he spoke in english!
... none of us were buying that,
... Even the 6 footer wasn't !
... But, the only one that seemed to
understand at first, was the man
that came from Denver!
... To this day, I'm not sure why!

SO, the teacher had his life,
and the lady went back home,
two weeks in, I should have gone...
but I, I didn't do it!
To this day, I don't know why!

But, Denver Jim and I had one hell of a good Time!

Hey! , It was friday night and we were both of age!
We shot some pool (he beat me badly) and then we
got something to eat! We hit some bars and spoke
with some New Jersey ladies! ... and then we went home!

We both 'slept in' 'till noon or so, and we hung out a
while! Checkin' out the tube!
Then, almost, both at once we said ' something like '...
HEY, This sucks! Let's go get some brew!

We went to Asbury Park! - - - and we spied a place called
Atlantis! We walked in and ordered up two beers!
Being the middle of the afternoon, we figured, they were
going to be glad to see us! We were right!
SO, as we drank our beers we were chatting with the guys!
In fact, they even invited us to attend the ' Mardi Gras' that
they were going to have that very night! .........

I said Jim, .. I don't think that we will be here!
We have other things to do!
Jim said, Oh! , come on... it sounds like fun!
I went down the bar a bit and asked the man...
is this what I think it is? He said... Yes! ... I said O.K.
We ordered up a couple more!
But, then we had to leave!

Then I said to Jim, ... - - - ... ! Jim said... No!

Now, I did something very similar, not that long ago...
in a little place called provincetown, out on the cape of Cod!
Awakening is rude sometimes, truth be told - - - I didn't
see it coming! (So, to speak) ... either!

SO, we left Atlantis and spent the whole afternoon in a
little tiny strip bar, next to a vacant lot ... with a single
phone booth in it, Bruce!

On the way back home, Jim said let's go in here!
How could I refuse? ... and I had seen that place everyday,
on the way to school! I was curious what ' The Redwood ' was.

WOW! , he got some dirty looks! And I felt out of place for a
few minutes! Then, I ordered up a couple and the man refused
to serve me. Then Jim came up and said something like...
' It is green, aint it? ' Soon,2 were on the bar!
Being me, I introduced myself! I shook his hand and after that,
I listened to one of the best bands that I have ever heard!
... And got ignored, by almost everyone!

We took Sunday off and went for our ' Aussie ' lessons on
Monday!