In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
when I chose to leave
my friends in the Greek mafiaApparently he spoke to Teddy for like two hours.
If the tips weren't right you found yourself a home somewhere else.
And every couple of weeks it seemed he was giving me a raise.
then came the springtime when as is my wont I went on a long, long vacation. Except I told him [simply that I was leaving]
I was a star with the customers too
half Harvard students and half neighborhood
a lot of law students from Harvard would come in late at night and sort of unwind
[after Dad got back]
went in to [just have a drink]They [gave me my old slot immediately]