NYC Cop
It was a fine Spring day as a middle aged and very street wise
NYC Cop was walking his beat. Joe Armstrong had walked this
beat for years and knew most of the people in this area very
well. "Hello Mr.Baxter" Joe said to the retired
banker from Wall street , "and good day to you sir"
the former banker responded as he raised his glass of Gin
in salute to the officer. Joe knew the upstanding folks
in this area as well as the prosties, drunks, dealers , card
sharps, car thieves and all the rest of the poly-glut that
made up the Big Apple. This was Joes town and these were his
people, REAL people , not the kind youd meet sitting behind
a desk and pushing paper like most of the guys on the force
his age. In 29 years on the force Joe had seen it all and DONE
it all in the line of duty, hed been shot, stabbed, puked
on , cussed at , and thered probably been a hundred or more
marriage proposals (some of them were even from women who
were sober) but all in all Joe liked this city and he genuinely
liked the people. On the street corner Joe saw what looked
like a nine year old kid smoking a cigarette, Joe rapped
his knight stick on the lamp post a few times and the kid turned
to face him. Joe said "look kid I know that having a
cigarette isnt that big of a deal but when you see me walking
up the side walk you better have more respect for me next
time because Im the man." The kid said he was sorry
and flipped the cigarette into the gutter. "Arent
you kind of young for that anyway?" asked Joe. "Well
no said the kid, hell I been smokin' since I was 6, aint
no big deal officer. See officer I grew up out here on these
streets and out here ya grow up fast, hell said the kid as
he lit another cigarette Ive had my own businesses, my own
car, my own place and even my own woman, hell officer I got
laid for the first time when I was eight." Even Joe,
a tough NYC Cop , was taken aback by the kids last comment
and with out thinking Joe blurted out, "laid at eight
huh?.....er....uh...well..WELL HOW WAS IT?" The
kid shrugged as he flipped his cigarette away and replied
"well officer I really dont remember that much about
it, I was so damn drunk".
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