Funny, How? Like...Here To Amuse You?
In the glitzy neon dust bowl of Vegas
or the mean streets of New York,
or the cold Chicago sprawl;
wise guy kings and slam-dunk queens
hold court on leather barstool thrones,
hold sway and rule it all.
Protection racket monarchy,
goodfellas drink and smoke the dream
and laugh of victims on their knees;
put holes in heads and watch the brains
get sprayed about the toilet stall
then chill and shoot the breeze.
Living on the razor’s edge,
a meat sauce blood and spaghetti world
where gun and muscle means to ends;
but if your time is nearly up
beware the guy who wears a smile
for killers come as friends.
Copyright © Tony Bush | Year Posted 2005
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