News From Down to the Café

By: David Lee

Synopsis

Contents:

Wayburne Pig,

The Wayburne Team,

Rhapsody for the Good Night: Christmas Eve,

Sonora Portable Music Master (Made in the

United States of America) 55 to 500 Kilocycles Table Model,

Labor,

Blow,

Song E.U. Washburn Heard Sung to Tommy Malouf

from the Cummings Plot,

Sonata in Red,

Burn,

Righteous,

The Relic,

The Legend of the Monster in Two Draw,

Song E.U. Washburn Heard the Mockingbird Sing

Near the Grave of Janie Grace Gosset,

Stranger,

Private Conversation Overheard from the Booths:

Eulogy After the Fact, or

Reflections on a Gift from a Magus,

The Fish,

Land: Overheard Coffeecounter Conversation

between Charlie Parks and Tommy Minor,

A Hymn for Pearl,

A Tale of Ignorance, Stupidity, and Cold Beer

without Moderation,

E.U. Washburn's Story: Uncle Abe,

Housedogs, Classified,

Conversation Overheard from a Back Booth

on a Tuesday Afternoon After a Weekend Storm,

The Twenty-One Gun Salute,

Slow,

Song E.U. Washburn Heard While Tending Roses

over the Grave of Philemon and Baucis Rojas,

Old,

Epilogue Scribbled on Four Napkins and One Line

on the Palm of a Hand While Sitting in a

Back Booth with E.U. Washburn.