Daniel S. Irwin

Jimmy

Thursday night
Sittin’ ’round a table
At Clete’s bar, we all
Try to come up with
Ways to get some
Extra money.  Me?
I’m sellin’ a few things.
Paul’s workin’ overtime.
Poncho’s just lookin’
For the part-time job.
Jimmy laughs at us
And says gettin’ by
Ain’t all that hard.
“You want a Coke,
Suck a dick.  You want
A pack of smokes,
Suck a dick.”  None
Of us were ever that
Hard up that we even
Considered following
Jimmy’s advice.  But
None of us had spent
Twenty years in prison.

Leave a comment