yet
      aa
      ee
      eae:
      &
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ee
      ae
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      SPRING
      POEM
      (PART
      IIT)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      IS4
      Seuce
      Creaver
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      was
      out
      of
      jail,
     
     
      From
      ny
      second
      conviction.
     
     
      But
      I
      coundn’t
      help
      nyself,
     
     
      Crime
      was
      now
      an
      addiction.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      could
      feel
      it
      in
      my
      bones,
     
     
      I
      was
      going
      through
      withdrawl.
     
     
      So
      I
      raced
      to
      the
      phone,
     
     
      And
      made
      a
      collect
      call.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      said
      “Doc,
      it
      hit
      me
      so
      fast,
     
     
      Without
      any
      warning”
     
     
      He
      said
      "Take
      two
      ashtrays,
     
     
      and
      call
      me
      in
      the
      morning”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      said
      "C’mon
      doc,
     
     
      I
      feel
      like
      I
      could
      kill,”
     
     
      And
      then
      doc
      said,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “You'll
      want
      to,
      when
      you
      get
      ny
      bill”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      So
      with
      that
      in
      nind,
     
     
      I
      took
      off
      down
      the
      street.
     
     
      And
      that’s
      when
      I
      did
      it,
     
     
      I
      ran
      over
      a
      lady’s
      feet.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      laughed
      so
      hard,
     
     
      While
      she
      was
      in
      pain.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      She
      was
      a
      real
      funny
      sight,
     
     
      Trying
      to
      stand
      without
      her
      cane.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      She
      said
      “Help
      officer”
     
     
      “He
      hit
      me
      and
      ran."
     
     
      And
      thats
      when
      it
      started,
     
     
      It
      started
      all
      again.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      cop
      was
      on
      his
      feet,
     
     
      And
      I
      was
      on
      ny
      bike.
     
     
      This
      was
      the
      kind
      of
      chase,
     
     
      I
      would
      really
      like.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      thought
      I
      had
      lost
      hin,
     
     
      So
      I
      turned
      back
      to
      see.
     
     
      If
      the
      big
      idiot,
     
    

    
     
      Was
      trying
      to
      find
      ne.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      went
      down
      by
      the
      harbour,
     
     
      Actually
      just
      a
      port.
     
    

    
     
      But
      that’s
      when
      he
      jumped
      ne,
     
    

    
     
      And
      said
      “See
      you
      in
      court.“
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Well
      I
      struggled
      and
      wiggled,
     
     
      Then
      I
      started
      to
      cry.
     
     
      And
      he
      let
      me
      stand
      up,
     
     
      You
      see
      he
      was
      a
      nice
      fuy.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      He
      waved
      his
      arms
      and
      sai
     
     
      This
      chase
      was
      a
      humding
     
     
      But
      that
      was
      a
      mistak
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Because
      I
      bit
      his
      finger.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      He
      said
      "Hey
      you
      little
     
     
      “Don’t
      be
      so
      de
     
     
      And
      I
      said
      “Hey
     
     
      It’s
      the
      friend
     
    
   
   
    
     
      jerk,”
     
    
   
   
    
     
           
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      cop
      said,
     
     
      “Come
      on,
      you
      expect
      nme
      to
      belive
     
     
      Then
      the
      giant
      put
      his
      foot
      down,
     
     
      And
      the
      cop
      went
      “SPLAT.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      said
      thanks
      Friendly,
     
     
      See
      you
      next
      trip.
     
     
      And
      then
      it
      dawned
      on
      ne,
     
     
      I
      gave
      the
      cops
      the
      slip.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      17,
      1991
      °