Phillipe’s 1950
Phillipe ’s is an old time
cafe off Alameda street
just a little north and east of
the main post office.
Phillipe’s opens at 5 a.m.
and serves a cup of coffee
with cream and sugar
for a nickel.
in the early mornings
the bums come down off Bunker Hill,
as they say,
with our butts wrapped
around our ears.”
Los Angeles nights have a way
of getting very
cold.
Phillipe’s,” they say,
is the only place that doesn’t
hassle us.”
the waitresses are old
and most of the bums are
too.
come down there some
early morning.
for a nickel
you can see the most beautiful faces
in town.
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