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The Chase

Being just a kid of nineteen and under the influence of alcohol He stole a car he had seen and this was the beginning of his fall Driving reckless through the town thinking that it was really neat And before the police took him down he hit a man crossing the street And he kept right on going with the police in close pursuit behind With the strip spikes glowing this treacherous ride came to a grind Throwing him down on the ground as justice was now in sight But even then they found that this young man still wanted to fight The man who was crossing the street later ended up passing that day So now these charges he couldn't beat as the judge then put him away Eleven years is what he got but perhaps he has learned his lesson Dedicating his release, a second shot, in the realizing of it's blessing It didn't just happen at first in fact it took about eight of those years Until he finally began to thirst in the knowing of several of his peers They were a rough bunch too for all of these men have been around But they all had something true, something that took a while to be found

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 10/18/2014 12:03:00 PM
A very strong story Vincent. Everyone deserves that second chance. It is so sad that a young persons life can be ruined because of childish foolishness. It sounds like he learned his lesson.
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