the Prince and the Pauper
Their routine
was some
thing left
over from
vaudeville
The young
one was
wearing good
will reject
clothes that
looked as if
they had been
dragged through
the lower forty
with a body
still inside
them and smalled
just as bad
maybe worse
the older one
had a diamond
pinky ring
he wasn't
afraid to show
off a gold
lighter he used
to light
English Oval
cigarettes
holding the young
ones hand
to steady
the flame
Ordered Russian
Vodka chilled
neat and some
real Scotch this
time not that
crap you've been
pulling off
the rack Make it
Glenlivet And Coke
for my young
friende There
wasn't enough
money in his
wallet or on
his credit line
to force me to
make that drink
and there
never would be
by alan catlin
