Eats

I am 75
Trolling the byways
And highways between
Montgomery and Conroe
Down to the Woodlands to
Find the best restaurants and
Cafes from Yo Mama BBQ to
Phil’s Road House to John
Wayne’s own mausoleum
Cafe steak house and a
Toasted Yolk next to
Canes chicken and
Kitchen Tales near
Vern’s BBQ and
An Italian deli
Plus Mexican
Restaurants
There is no
Shortage
Of eats
Here
Abouts.
Once seated
Masks come off
Like bras at a drive-
In movie with each table
A hive of conversation as
The whole point of eats
Is to yak with family
And friends as the
TV shines songs
Are played and
Ambiance rolls
Down your
Forearms
Dripping off
Like possum grease
From both your elbows
Around a woods campfire.
Or, so my grandpa used to say.
As a kid we never ate out
At a restaurant or cafe
Unless it was our
Birthday when
We got to eat
Out with
Mom.