i drop a fifty-dollar bill on the bar beside my glass . a wire cage separated her from the front seat . `` i know you believe in it , but i do n't . '' not after two nights , not with a man who had a different woman for every week in the year . `` get your mind out of the gutter . '' however , i did remember to start breathing again . yet right now he was not budging . `` they 're black all over , and they look like band shoes from a distance . 