Blood From a Cement Sidewalk

Three days ago, three boys were

walking on the beach, trying

to teach a cat to talk.

Three days ago, they met a hippie

who was very old, he could

not walk, but he could talk.

"l'm better than your cat,

You little rats,

It can walk,

But I can talk,

So without being funny,

Give me some money."

"You're just an old geezer

Who can't read the news,

You're just an old wheezer

Who can't express his views.

Let us tell you something; we can talk,

You can't draw blood from a cement sidewalk.

And we aint got no riches,

You old digger of ditches!"

1985