ANYBODY WISHING
Anybody wishing to know can just ask : hell, send
a note, whatever. Minton's Playhouse, even that -
if you've got to look it up, go ahead. All that largess
comes spitting back - like backwash from a
trumpet's mouthpiece. I said 'trumpet', fool, not
'strumpet' - though if you've got to know I can
find you that too. Since I am (must you ask),
Kingpin of this entire neighborhood, let me tell
you the following things : watch your kneecaps,
always look behind you, don't bend down, don't
give out too much information and - most
importantly - if Bettie Jane McArty comes
your way - by all means leave her alone.
I've had to bury too many men to make
that memory pleasant at all. It just
cannot ever be. Go ahead,
just ask.
Anybody wishing to know can just ask : hell, send
a note, whatever. Minton's Playhouse, even that -
if you've got to look it up, go ahead. All that largess
comes spitting back - like backwash from a
trumpet's mouthpiece. I said 'trumpet', fool, not
'strumpet' - though if you've got to know I can
find you that too. Since I am (must you ask),
Kingpin of this entire neighborhood, let me tell
you the following things : watch your kneecaps,
always look behind you, don't bend down, don't
give out too much information and - most
importantly - if Bettie Jane McArty comes
your way - by all means leave her alone.
I've had to bury too many men to make
that memory pleasant at all. It just
cannot ever be. Go ahead,
just ask.
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