Eighty-Six
Eighty-Six
By: Russell Nomer
Copyright Russell Nomer August 29, 2026 All Rights Reserved
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Kitchen hits eighty-six when the ticket’s dead
Bar hits eighty-six when they want you out instead
You don’t eighty-six a man who still answers to his name
Two valves in the shop don’t close the game
Eighty-six don’t mean throw it away
Eighty-six means you woke up today
You said I’m going
She said where
That’s not a trip
That’s a chair
Dice still out
Don’t leave the roll
Eighty-six is a birthday
Not the end
Come-out can look like mercy went home
Point’s still live if you leave the dice alone
You ran a route, you stood a post, you kept the plate clean
A man like that don’t vanish in between
Eighty-six don’t mean throw it away
Eighty-six means you woke up today
You said I’m going
She said where
That’s not a trip
That’s a chair
Dice still out
Don’t leave the roll
Eighty-six is a birthday
Not the end
[Spoken]
If you’re going, go down the hall
Go where the cake is
Not where we can’t call
Five storms already tried that door
[Whisper]
We’re still in this room...
[Intense]
...don’t add one more
Eighty-six don’t mean throw it away
Eighty-six means you woke up today
You said I’m going
She said where
Look at her face
Stay in that chair
Don’t eighty-six the eighty-six
Not tonight
Blow the damn candles
Keep the fight
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