mugshot

After I was arrested, my ex-wife decided to hang a picture of my mugshot on    
the wall in her living room.  But she still won't admit she framed me.    
 
 
bird-hunters sport their sligshots
such as i have done in my day
black citizens get gunshots
such as makes the hate-man’s sick day
 
the old man’s eyes are bloodshot
telltale signs of rum-bar wager
then quails the uptown hotshot
as the downtown girls upstage her
 
the drummer with his rimshot
marks the passing of each minute
the limo-stretching bigshot
spills big talk with nothing in it
 
no word within my earshot
gives me reason to be hopeful
but when i man start lick shot
fools may choke upon their ropeful
 
i have secured a snapshot
for a residential feature
a presdential mugshot
can elate the dullest creature
 
© Copyright 2023 August 25
by Clyve A. Bowen♫