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James, I assume your question was kind of rhetorical in that you talked yourself into your own answers later, but just in case you were still wondering, my take on the line is that Otis pulls up to check in, and unloads the luggage from his trunk on the steps of the Miami Royal, the hotel they are booked into, it must be like the "El Roach-O" that we used to stay when we went to Ft. Lauderdale on Spring Break! :~) O&M is a fabulous piece of poetry when it's read as such. Just another example of how Joni is so far in front of everybody else. Bob
