I admit to begging, and
readily acknowledge the use of spirits
I tell long involved stories about
my tragic childhood,
have gone shopping for expensive jewelry
and spent not a dime
I draw portraits
I paint word pictures and
there was one time I offered to fly around the world
but didn't
It's all fiction, but this:
Guys like us
we pay
but
not with cash.
for Dermot Reilly for the holidays