talkin through neW Orleans

converation in a thrift store on Bienville Street

how ya doin honey?

life's grand

you from these parts?

well, no

where then?

across the Big Puddle

oh. i'm not from here either. i'm from Baton Rouge

but i's lived here 40 years. you enjoying yourself here?

yes, thank you, very much

that's good, it's changed, though

this your first time in N'Orlins?

nah, was here in '83

then you know what it was like before...