phil ochs and darby crash. hanging and heroin. blue circles and nooses.

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bums don't bullshit, bums don't stick pick up chicks, they say every dog has its day, die tomorrow or die today. we were both looking for winter coats. the bum will tell me a story, if i have one minute, that's how long it takes, i didn't understand every word but one time this bum had twenty-two dollars so he wanted to buy this other guy breakfast, he turned out to be an fbi agent, and i think he took this bum's money, so when next he saw this government man, he gets him so mad he blows up and hits the bum. then the bum kicks his ass and the fbi agent loses his job. see, now he'll never make captain, that seems fair to me. bums grow disabilities, bad teeth, slow legs, no coats, and can't recall the right words, this one kept asking me, "what's the other word?" but he said one thing, that he's always liked me and once tried to tell me but i didn't hear him. bums don't pick up chicks, they don't bounce checks, don't pay rent, sore teeth, see too much of everything and don't have any body to tell.