YOU HAVE TO PAY

by Desiree - Virgo

A ludicrous man 
Said he had wisdom of age 
Knew how to trick
The unjust government,
Said romance was
His specialty 
As he smoked the finest cigars
($175 a box)
while pouring me 
a glass of mondoro,
a superb wine from italy,
said "if you want the best 
then you have to pay for it"
religion wasn't a topic of choice
cause he said he had too many sins 
and god could do no justice,
described all of his gun shot wounds
that occurred throughout his life,
an oozi to the back of the head,
a rifle to the knee,
a whole in his chest,
A deep scar shown
From the corner of his eye
To his deformed temple,
This man was blasted nine times
Mainly because of deals gone bad,
I asked if he ever killed someone
And he replied… you don't want to know
and I didn't!!!
the tone in his voice 
just crept up my spine 
goose bumps galore
but he continued 
and I listened curiously,
as he discussed going to jail 
for conspiracy 
cause he wouldn't rat on 
his worst enemy,
and a bunch of other shit,
then later he described his hernia operations
Where the doctors fucked up
He was left with one testicle 
And three million
A limping leg 
Popping methadone often
Smoking crack and weed,
Just to ease the pain,
And I heard his whole life story
In about two hours
The saddest story I ever did hear in fact,
And I thought… I guess so
If you want the best in life
I guess you have to pay.
 

Reason for writing:

    Anna's 21st birthday party. 20 bottles of liquer, kegs on
top of kegs, drugs every where, psychos we didn't know that
were friends of friends that were friends of friends etc. And
this rich man I never met before in his 30's struck up a converstaion that 
was quite depressing. He was so lonely! It seemed to me as
if he intensified or exaggerated his problems and shoved money in your
face that he felt a sense of security and a chance to get 
a woman. I felt so bad for him so I listened to what he had
to say. With my mind all frazzled I came to the conclusion
that the man might just of had some wisdom like he claimed. He came from a 
poor family background prior to his several million. So apparently
he had to pay for everything that occured in order to get 
the best. I saw pics of his fucking mansion, saw his car...
He has fucking everything but the mother fucker still
scared the piss out of me.    

Birth sign: Virgo
Date created: 2001-02-18 20:34:54
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:38
Poem ID: 60461

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