THE OLD MAN AND THE PUNK
Added on: 17th Jul 2014
A YOUNG PUNK GETS ON THE CROSS-TOWN BUS.
HE'S GOT SPIKED, MULTI-COLORED HAIR THAT'S
GREEN, PURPLE, AND ORANGE.
HIS CLOTHES ARE A TATTERED MIX OF LEATHER RAGS.
HIS LEGS ARE BARE AND HE'S WEARING WORN-OUT SHOES.
HIS ENTIRE FACE AND BODY ARE RIDDLED WITH PIERCED
JEWELLERY AND HIS EARRINGS ARE BIG,
BRIGHT FEATHERS.
HE SITS DOWN IN THE ONLY VACANT SEAT THAT'S
DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM AN OLD MAN WHO GLARES
AT HIM FOR THE NEXT TEN MILES.
FINALLY, THE PUNK GETS SELF-CONSCIOUS AND
BARKS AT THE OLD MAN,
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT YOU OLD FART...
DIDN'T YOU EVER DO ANYTHING WILD
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG?"
WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT, THE OLD MAN REPLIES,
"YEAH, BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND IN THE NAVY,
I GOT REALLY DRUNK ONE NIGHT IN SINGAPORE
AND SCREWED A PARROT....
I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU WERE MY SON.''
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