Day: August 8, 2026

He started stealing at age six,
a candy bar from a candy store.

By twelve he was a pro, never
got caught

and graduated to clothes and
pick pocketing wallets

and stealing purses, but at sixteen
he got caught pick pocketing a

Mafioso’s wallet, and nobody’s
seen Freddy since.

They say he’s buried under a new
bank in the heart of the city.

If so, I imagine Freddy would like
being buried under all that cash.

Bob Boyd

But she looked like a Mary,
which wasn’t a good start for
a woman after my heart.
But it didn’t matter in the end.
She hooked up with my friend, Alvin,
and along with his heart, she
stole his prized Chevy convertible
and hasn’t been seen since.
Now I’m thinking she probably
was a Marcy.

Bob Boyd

One month ago tonight the cops were
having a field day in Liverpool.

Hundreds of young guys in the streets
loaded up on alcohol

and causing trouble in Liverpool,
getting nabbed and arrested by the cops.

One’s a baby-faced lad with six cops
around him, but he doesn’t look six

cops bad to warrant all the police attention.
They let him go, so I must have been right.

And there are plenty of other lads raising
hell in the streets,

making one month ago tonight a field day
for the Liverpool police.

Bob Boyd