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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (268)8/19/1999 7:22:00 PM
From: Robert Douglas Hickey  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1582
 
Paddy Got Popped

Last time I saw Paddy
his Cadillac was double-parked
askew in the street, lights and wipers on, door open

and Paddy came strolling
across the busy street, arms full
of cold medicines, no bags, no receipts.

What's up I asked
and Paddy said gotta cold
hadda boost some stuff for my cold.

Jesus Paddy
I said, why risk
a beef on a twenty buck boost?

I got popped
Paddy said, sniffling
I'm going in - it don't matter now.

Got me on
a conspiracy beef, ain't that a joke
all I ever did was talk about some coke.

But ya know
a wise guy told me once
it ain't the doing, it's the talking -

it's yer mouth gets ya popped.

Robert Douglas Hickey