ok you go up to peachtree -- you know how to get there, right?      you could take ponce de leon past that place on durand drive      where the bahamian babes used to live in the upstairs of the fourplex      down near fifth street, did you ever visit them up there? I did.      anyway then you go right on peachtree heading north      like you’re going towards buckhead or Michigan or the north pole      -- I’ve never been there but they say it’s up that way, way past Michigan.      you go through about three red lights well they’re not always red      but it sure seems that way because all the traffic engineers left town      I guess because there was too much to do here, what a mess      to that place on the right that used to be The Onion Dome,      it was the first place that sold hookas and incense burners      but they closed about twenty years ago, one of the Bahamian babes      used to work there, god I guess she was good for business      anyway, now the whole building’s gone they turned it into those pink condos      that went bankrupt before everyone realized how cool they were, they were      probably as far ahead of their time as The Onion Dome was, maybe there’s      some future-dust in the dirt over there, let’s go rub our feet in it      so you turn right right there, I forget the name of the street      it’s easy to miss but if you’re on the right one      it’ll go downhill and curve to the right in front of this mission style bungalow      with putty colored stucco and black shutters and a red door and nice eaves      I’ve been in that house before, it’s got a great deck over Peachtree Creek      wouldn’t mind hanging on that deck with a Bahamian anyway      you follow that street down and around I wonder who laid it out      ‘cause it sure doesn’t go anywhere well not that peachtree street      really goes anywhere but finally it’ll dead end at the skinny loop      of West Wesley I don’t know if it’s circle or trail or drive      or whatever but whatever it is it is West Wesley and you hang a left      and now you’re getting close or at least most of the way there      I mean, you’re only about two neighborhoods over      there’s actually an easier way to get there      if you had stayed on Peachtree up to Piedmont      but it’s uglier and you would’ve gone through that stretch      where it goes under I-85 where that Shoney’s is      I threw up there one time god it was gross      so I never tell anyone to go that way it probably still smells      and besides this way on the little street by where      The Onion Dome used to be where the Bahamian babe used to work      it’s got a lot more trees and you like trees, I mean the other way has none      good thing it’s summer and there’s no snow      not that it ever snows much around here any more      ‘cause if it was snowing you’d never make up the hill      in your little two wheel drive all crouched down to the ground vehicle      where you take the second right after West Wesley that hill      is like a roller coaster ya’ gotta love it up and down      now I’d like to meet who laid that street out I bet it was      a babe from the Bahamas who knew her curves      and had never seen snow if you can imagine that, sure you can      so at the bottom of the second hill you turn left, that’s the street      I forget the name of it but that’s the street you can’t miss it      the only thing is I’m not sure how to tell you which house it is      because it used to be that diagonal lap cedar siding from the seventies      man that stuff got ugly fast so they finally replaced it with either      real stucco or that new lap siding with masonry and fiber in it      and they put a new foyer on the front so the whole place looks different      but don’t worry I’ll recognize it so the thing to do is      just look for my car out front, the baby blue ’66 Continental convertible      I’ll be in it, with the charcoal top and the 460 V-8      you talk about humming you talk  about music you’re talking about this motor      only thing is the radiator leaks a little so if I’m not there for sure by nine      it means I had to deal with the radiator so if you could retrace your steps      I’ll be somewhere along the way and then we can just go to the party together      I wouldn’t want to miss it you know since I invited myself      better yet come to think of it      why don’t you just follow me over there      who knows with directions like these      maybe we’ll end up curving down to The Bahamas      or up to The North Pole, now there’s some dang snow