My grandfather
Was a war hero
A decorated one
And yet he sat
On a park bench
In Washington DC
Having gone to everyone
He could to get justice
Who was this kid
Anyways?
Jimmy
Was the son of
The wife of
The Mayor
Of 1975
The first black mayor
Had a mistress
A daughter
And a wife
Who was a high school
Principle
With credentials
From a university
Who had allowed
Herself to have
A one nighter
Actually they had not
Been allowed to get
Married
So she stayed
With her husband
And raised Jimmy
Off to the side
The guy is always
Going behind peoples
Backs....
Anyways
There was no reason
For what we went through
No reason for him
To have lost his job
Nor his social security
Jimmy enjoys
Collecting other peoples
Social security
Retirement's and pensions
The list goes on
It is all for jimmy
His parents
Were rich
We were not poor
Until we meet him
My grandfather
Could not believe
There was no one left
Who could say no to him
He was there from
Day one as thier guy
But Jimmy came
With Heroine and Cocaine
A little bit more weed
And do you need
Some smokes
Always accomadating
And at a cost
To their own grandchildren
My grandfather
Could get no rest
Because after fighting
The germans
America was bringing
Them in and to no avail
People such as
Bridget Murphy
And Jimmy Bullocks
And Wendy Perry
And Duane Kirkpatrick
The list goes on and on
They were all allowed
Out of mental wards
Most of them
If not all of them
Are convicts
Just because
They have blond hair
And blue eyes
They are seen as innocent
Got caught
Defending the Russians!
What can we do
We know those
Germans are going
To cut our throats
One day!
I even have a tiny
Scar on my neck
Just to prove it
The Russians are
Not really the bad guys
They just dont have
Anywhere else's to run
They are landlocked
With all those Asians
On one side
All those Christian haters
On the other side
And then there is
Europe
Who hates to let them
Have their way...
Multi cultural
And multi languages
And multi religions
Make up an entire
Land mass
Why do they have
One of the biggest
Navies?
To get out of town
Those waves
And the smell
Of anything besides
Those stinking streets....
For the last time
I was not arrested
To be indicted
There has to be
A hearing of some sort
With a grand jury
Made up of common citizens
For an arrest
One has to have a warrent
Of arrest
Prior to them
Slapping on of the handcuffs
And they have to read
You the Miranda
Before they get to their station
I was forcibly removed
From the premisis
With the complaint
I was not conducting
Business!
A homeless person
Had walked into their place!
They did not care
If I had the President
On speed dial
They wanted nothing
To do with me
Does not matter
That I had called the bank
Never ever go into
A check cashing establishment
They call the cops
Every time on you
No matter what
It is up to the teller
Whether or not
She likes you
Or not
She took offense
At my bag
Apparently
A gold one
Bought at the thrift store
She just thought it
Would look better
On her shoulder
Than mine
I was not homeless
By the way
But waiting for something
Which did not occur
Because I was not
Able to cash a check
With my name on it
The same name on my
Photo Id
And what not
Later they changed
Thier minds
No arrest warrant
I was put up
On the wrong docket
The charges
Were added that made no sense
And the first day in court
The Public Defender
Looked at what the
Incident report said
And went into the
Judges chambers
Jimmy had already been
On the phone
As he is the one
Not the owner of the business
Who decided I could not cash
The check
I had already been
High jacked
In Ensenada
When I went to collect
From a Money wire service
And been robbed
At a hotel
And not given
The opportunity
To keep the appointment
I had made with the FBI
I was back where
I could get nothing done
Had worked in Sacramento
For everything
From the Historic state park
To the District attorneys office
But I had no work history
Because jimmy likes
Collecting the money
For himself
Don't know what
An unemployment
Check looks like....
Anyways after many hours
And mine having to waddle
Across the hall to pee
He came back cross
What had happened
I don't know
But the charges were
Dropped and the clerks
Downstairs agreed
As they took the paperwork
And then
I awoke one more time
A few weeks later
Having been brought
Back by force
To face the Judge!
And we went through
It again and again
This time the
Public defenders guy
Went down stairs
To the jury summons
I watched and did not tell
Him what I knew
As a journalist about
Those things
Very unpredictable
Cant count on them
Once they go to the
Toilet area
And receive their freebees
He likes the jury he says
To me in the hallway
Take a no guilty plee
Please!
We go inside
And I am about to enter
My plea when the judge
Matter of form
Says he has nothing
On his schedule
For the day
There are no openings
For a jury trail today
Don't even think about it
I look at my lawyer
Who looks at her boss
Who is out in the hallway...
Does anyone want to do
Justice classes
What are those?
I am the only white person
In the room today
They all decide
To come back another day
Justice classes
You sit and have
The law read to you
Okay!
Sounds great
What else do I have to do?
Just show up on time
And?
We will wipe your slat clean!
Sounds great
What is the catch?
No catch
Do you want to do it?
I enter a not guilty plea
But don't contest the court
To please the judge
And then get told
As he signs the paperwork
That I owe
Him five hundred dollars!
Good thing I had worked
Last year
I had a tax refund
And it was just the right amount
Paid for my classes
I had to go to four of them
24 hours of my time
Was required
And there was no arrest warrant
The case had already been
Dropped as Larry was not
Going to sit and testify
In court at all on any day
Just to have the case dismissed!
I did not eat
For the next few weeks
Turned myself
Into the Wayfarers
A place for people
With no money to stay
Walked the next two
Weekends to the bus stop
A few miles away
Paid for intercity travel
Went through three counties
And sat for six hours
With no lunch
Nor breakfast or supper
Either as I am on a special diet
Did not do my waist
Any good
I have tumors!
They stick out
While my tummy grumbled
I listened to shoplifters
Tell their get away stories
Not one person had innocently
Walked into a legal business
With a legal tendered check
And been denied the right
To cash it
Then I got on my last bus
Which got me back
Late walking in the dark
To get checked in to the place
Then I got lucky
Got accepted to a graduate program
The reason I was trying
To get out
I had nothing on paper
I came back for the dismissal
And was told not to go into
The courtroom
Just let the guy handle it
It was all taken care of
He had proof of my attendance
Just go Away!
And don't come back
I found out latter
They had not dropped
The charges as promised
And I had paid the money
And there was no way
Of going back
Once those notices
Stop being posted
I could not go into
Court and say
Excuse me
Not going to happen
Just on my record
But there was no conviction
When I want to
Washington DC
Where I grew up
Working from everything
Of museums interns
To the historic tours
Of the White house
As well as the library
Of congress
I got cold shouldered
There sat the DA assistant
In her stiletto's heels
Waiting to see Mrs. Feinstein
I have known her since
I was born..
Never even got an invite
To her funeral
Which would have cost
Five hundred dollars
Just to take the train
And stay two nights
In San Francisco
Wanted to go and stand outside
Anyways
But was held back
Went through those
Medical lab results
And found I had tested
Reactive to hepatitis ab
Could not go anyways
I have been so sick
For a whole decade
Did everything right
But still cant get around
Jimmy
Or is it Betty Adelhead?
That woman is so mean...
She probably would have
Taken her daddy's
Rifle to Dallas
And shot JFK
If it suited her
And she had been told
No by him as well
Insists she gave birth
To me when she was no more
Than eight years old
And not even the Pope
Is going to tell her otherwise
Oh, he got shot at didn't he?
Good luck
Best wishes
Mr. Trump
Keep your fingers crossed
That Jimmy is not up
To his old tricks.....
As for Mother Teresa
Hate to tell you
But she got arrested a few times
For her charity work
Not everyone likes
Good Christian girls and boys
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