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Over (with a twist)
by Peter Carlaftes
the night was
near the wire
when ill wind
swept through
the empty bar
blowing me
an ass-drunk
off-duty cop
waving a ten
and demanding
a beer
adding
the buddies-for-life
icebreaker
Cold...if you got
I gave him
a listless
I got
omitting
that what I got
was retina damage
from seeing his face
I did a quick shot
tilting his bottle
he toasted
Beer’s sure cold, Buddy
I nodded with
shot number two
then this statue of pride said
Pal,
One crime should result
in a mandatory death penalty
and that’s the crime of rape
I became a steamroller
and this bum was a bulge in the asphalt
I’d’ve shaved my body for an Oom-Pah Band
Okay, Pal
I theorized
Let’s say
a police officer wakes up
one fine spring morning
wanting to screw his wife
but she’s not in the mood
so later on he busts a kid
who deserves another chance
but because this cop’s
holding his hard-on
they put the kid behind bars
where he takes it up the ass
and when the kid gets out
he commits a rape
Now can you really sit here and tell me
that you’d put this kid to death
just because some cop
couldn’t fuck his wife
one fine spring morning?
hate on-duty flared up
but only sputtered out
That’s why we got
guys like you in this world...
To think of things to say like that!
when the front door slammed
I pocketed the change
he left on the bar
and got about as far
as you can in this world
on seven dollars