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By Eric Curl

I saw this mural on the back wall of the  at Moonshadow Tavern  in Tucker Ga.  Then I went inside …. The place took me for a ride. Good folks, biding their time, playing the machines, smoking cigarettes for 70 dimes. 

A man plays a gaming machine at Moonshadow Tavern. Eric Curl/Aug. 2023

You take your chances. You have your fun. You run out of quarters, but you’re not done.

You hear the music on your right, as the band begins to play.

Stick another dollar in. Tomorrow is another day.

And a lifelog turnstile jumper may finally have to pay.

My bandmates set up before the show. Eric Curl/Aug. 2023

 

$7 cigarettes at Moonshadow Tavern. Eric Curl/Aug. 2023

 

Fulton County’s District Attorney announces the indictment of former President Donald Trump and 18 others late last Monday night. Also, the Braves kick the Yankees’ asses. Eric Curl/Aug. 2023

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