{"id":21357,"date":"2021-06-03T18:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T18:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=21357"},"modified":"2021-06-11T21:29:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:29:38","slug":"marlows-island-times-and-beautiful-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/marlows-island-times-and-beautiful-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlow\u2019s Island Times and Beautiful Minds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Editor\u2019s Note: There is another torrent of interesting events in the morning harvest. With COVID restrictions passing
\ninto the memory hole of national life, the streets are coming alive again and travel is possible. There are other singular events reported, citizens acting out in the smaller ones, and larger issues like the cyber-attack on the nation\u2019s supply of edible beef. Following the gasoline shortage sparked by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, some are wondering if we are not actually in a state of war against America\u2019s infrastructure. One not acknowledged as something quite new. With that, and a dozen other oddities rising for our amazing future, Marlow and his lovely wife W decided to re-visit their former home in the indelibly limned shores of Key West. After their marriage, Marlow\u2019s old apartment became available, and Socotra House rented it for about a year to ascertain the essence of the Conch Republic. The back bar at the Green Parrot is just one of them. It was a refreshing plunge into an alternate sort of existence, and one worth recalling. Here is Marlo\u2019s take on the nature of returns.<\/p>\n

– Vic<\/p>\n

Author’s note: As promised earlier, I worked up a few sample panfuls of our fortnight of island time during May. There was live music everywhere. It was marvelous. <\/p>\n

-Marlow<\/p>\n

Key West: Geiger key, Pepe’s Cantina, Schooner Warf Bar, Garden Inn Pool, Hog’s Breath, Captain Tony’s and DJ’s Clam Shack and Four Marlins<\/p>\n

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Sit down, they said
\nJoin us at the table
\nShare some smiles, many cocktails and wine
\nTold each other many stories
\nMade us laugh and sing, briefly stopped time
\nAnd we entered a zone so sublime <\/p>\n

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We showed up at places with no reservations
\nLaughed and smiled, they banned blaring cable tv stations
\nNow these joints took down all their plague signs
\nSo folks were sharing what was on their beautiful minds<\/p>\n

We sat down for island friendship at any bar or table
\nWe’re family down there, we’re all one tribe
\nWhat we didn’t know, I’ll keep it real short
\nWe’re just candle flames flickering in fragile times
\nBut with such flashing beautiful minds<\/p>\n

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We showed up at places with no reservations
\nLaughed and smiled, they barred blaring cable tv stations
\nNow these joints took down all their plague signs
\nSo folks were sharing what was on their beautiful minds<\/p>\n

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Copyright 2021 My Isle Seat
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