I am prone to robbery
So one part of this wit likes to think
No I have never participated in the felonious arts
But I am prone to it.
I cannot pass a bank without consideration
Of vaults, and cash drawers, and frightened customers
I think thoughts of a robbing hood
When I pass the cash stores, creators of victims
Fellow thieves who have legally participated in that I fear
to try
And when I pass near a Seven-Eleven
Well
I fair itch
So here I sit in this bakery
Eating my baklava while wearing my balaclava
Staring past the facsimile idols of Greek gods
Past beyond the frosty panes to across the street
Planning a perfect crime
And I spring to action
Pulling down my balaclava
Zipping my parka
And taking the last of my baklava
I march with the confidence of the driven
Through the doors...
A cheery greeting in an Abu accent
"Welcome dear sir"
To the counter
"Dear sir, if I may
You have baklava on your balaclava"
Stupefied,
Mortified, I fled
Running into the frigid night
Breath weighing heavily upon my mask
Layers of hoar upon hoar
And stop
To stare at the shop front reflection of this fool
To stare at the shop front reflection of this fool
A frosted flake of a man
Not a robber
A lover
Of backlava
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