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Whatever It Takes

I've passed the long hot summer
by robbing local banks
and though I'm a newcomer,
I've risen through the ranks

But if I must be candid,
the money that I stole, 
the acting like a bandit, 
was just to reach a goal

Although you now police me
and hold me in your jail, 
you will no doubt release me, 
once I have told my tale, 

and demonstrated sorrow, 
and led you to my stash, 
gave banks that 'let' me 'borrow'
back ill-begotten cash

The notes I passed were fakes.
My weapons? Plastic toys!
Are real one's what it takes 
to meet the Hardy Boys??

Copyright © Lycia Harding

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