Tad's Steakhouse once sold
Steaks which must have come
From bootleg cows because
They charged $1.99 and
Threw in a large baked potato
And a very reasonable facsimile
Of butter. My good friend Nat
First brought me there
Fifty-seven years ago. In those days
He knew and taught me the names
Of the marooned men finishing their lives
Ruling Fourth Avenue's old book stores
Trapped by dusts, by words, by shadows
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