this is swell Joe. ironic I hope
KS
On 03/07/07, joe green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Remington was a rifle
> And the street that I lived on.
> Among all the guys I grew up with
> I was the only one
> Who didn't die inside a jail cell
> Or got shot dead on the street
> Or drown drunk in a wishing well
> Or have a dog named Pete
> Who killed poor Debbie Jacksons's cat
> And got killed by Ernie White
> Who ran off with Debbie afterwards
> And vanished in the night
> Though then they found his body
> In the river Brandywine
> He had jumped off the Lincoln bridge
> After sniffing turpentine.
> My Dad never had to go down
> To get me out of jail
> And you won't find my picture
> Where you get the mail.
> But you could see Michael Koppel's there
> Before they put him down in death
> For shooting two other guys I knew
> While high on crystal meth.
>
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> You want to know what saved me?
> It was poetry.
> That "Little Orphant Annie"
> That my mother read to me.
> I avoided jail and a whole lot worse.
> You don't have any problems.
> You ain't gonna ride in a government hearse
> If you is afraid of goblins.
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