A nice Philly memory
When you got rousted by Rizzo's boys,often enough they sent you somewhere depending on what you did
I got tossed in to a house run institution
Just a couple in West Philly,who wanted to give back,I was the only white boy in the place
Every day theyd let us go use the basketball court,I foul hard,I cant shoot,so even though Im 6'5" I gotta play defense
Didnt matter though
They rarely supervised us going the half block to the court,even though any of us could have bolted
No god damned way we'd have done that,they treated us better then our own folks,and we knew it,not a single one of us was going to repay their kindess badly
We'd just have the door opened,and go play b-ball,I think there son would follow us(its 20 years gone by give me a break if my memory isnt what it was)but any of us could have bolted
It wasnt going to happen,I think we'd have tackled anyone who ran