crime wave

if you stuck
gum
into the coin
return
slot of a
corner telephone
in 1966
you could
trap
a few nickles
and dimes
by the end
of the day.
and that red
round
shouldered
coke machine,
sweating
in the corner,
it too,
could be of
use to a boy
with long
skinny arms,
reaching up
until the feel
of a glass
bottle hit
his hand
and slipped
it out.