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By Jack Joseph Smith
"Fer Christ's.sake, these fucking aids were pro=
bably Vice President's," laughing with a squeal ¢ici, \
"T really wanted that money," And then. he slaped his
ar iy
head and lughed, dtwsking on the smekes
He got up from his bed, ,went’ ever to his desk and
began te write-a-poeme. He would make it a clear express=
ien of himself, He would talk about childheed and when
in Orfanage weuld go out with his Christmas five dollars:
te buy'a watch, Then geo out in the street and ‘hustle it
fer ten, He would talk about how being an American Mar=
ine was why he undérsteed ‘Che Gurvirres
He started;
I went down the Christmas..New York beat
Fer five years ‘that same old street
Pla tee
With a silver watch
you could step with yeur thumb
With all the white ‘and watching
Never: taken asa bum was I at the ‘
crossing ing-ing-ing
. ’ It-was a wonderful time of the year :
It was a wonderful time,
ji st eilver-watch and ten
And when my street heart sings
\ It makes me think ef then
. i= And-went ons ’ /
The structure is military light:
Military light ie the belief I have in mevies
Then he-would ‘talk in his:peem about Prison,
and dsolding en the ee ¢ am ie . , 9
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f non . \ ot .
TEL TAEN Aloe FRITS sl 9 LA wae Ard.
. : fon ead
deerdiwv gat SAF SAGE!
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