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Canal Street Streetcar

seems so romantic

harkens images of Brando

muscular white t shirt yelling

“Stella!  Stella!”

and this glorified past era

and yet it’s crowded

slow as molasses

in desperate need of air conditioner

and shock absorbers

a slow romance slowly dying

as you pass Carrollton

you pass Jefferson Davis Boulevard

broken dreams; shattered illusions

we’ll make it to the Quarter

Bourbon Street never closes

even as romantic notions

are forcibly upended