The Bridge;
the day I walked
All the way across the bridge
Graffiti plagued Brooklyn Bridge
to work, 55 Wall Street
Usually I take the ferry
His group had a deal for me
were trying to buy the bridge
for amounts by the thousands
50 K would make me rich
He's in prison now, con's end
_ _ _ _ _- Poem Copyright © 2017 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved
- Photo from The Imaginary Garden linked below
- Map from Google Maps, www.google[dot]com/maps
- I'm linked with grapeling (aka Michael) at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Get Listed - April Ain't Fooling edition http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/04/get-listed-april-aint-fooling-edition.html
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- Day Thirteen of NaPoWriMo
- Michael's instructions, "take at least 3 words (or reasonably variants) from the following compilation, craft into a new poem:"
- word list: bridge, con, lie, tomb, scam, gullible, fraud, president, hustler, sucker, mark, prison
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Hahahaha❤️ I love how you busted the con man at the end :D
ReplyDeleteGreat way to catch a crook
ReplyDeleteHe had it coming
ReplyDeletenice turn of the tables, Jim - thanks for adding your pen ~
ReplyDeleteHa ha, nice moral tale!
ReplyDeleteThey would try anything as long as they could hoodwink someone!
ReplyDeleteHank