Members Only Poem by Laurence Overmire

On a dark street marked "Hollywood"
Down a dirty, garbage-laden alley
'Neath the glow of a smog-downed moon

Limping to the door
To knock three times in code
Bump-ba Bump

Snake-eyes open through a throat-cut slit
Query
"What's the password? "

"Take no prisoners."
Chuckle. Chuckle.
Door unlocks.

"Come on in and join the party.
We've been waiting for you."
Fade to black.

~ Laurence Overmire

(Previously published in Gone Hollywood, Indelible Mark Publishing,2011)