Robert Lawson Poet Blank verse

My Mother Vs O J Simpson

My mother used to work in a bookies in bread street
An area they called the pubic triangle
Due to all the strip joints
One day she went out on her lunch break
To place a bet at another betting shop
Not the usual sort
Football, dogs or horses
It was on the outcome of the O.J. Simpson trial
She was going to put 20 down on a guilty verdict
But first she went into an Indian run place
That sold cheap plastic crap
Cheap suitcases, discounted stuff
It was called Ali´s Cave
& she got talking to the guys in there
Told them about the bet
& they laughed
& said she should double up on
An acquittal
They figured there would be
Riots, fires & looting
If O.J. went down
& my mother took their advice
& O.J. walked free
& my mother bought herself
A nice new handbag

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