The Cab Driver Who Ripped Me Off

That’s right, said the cab driver, Turning the corner to the Round-a-bout way, Those stupid, fuckin’ beggars, You know the guys who Walk up to my cab With their hands extended And their little cups? You know their problem? You know what’s wrong with them? They ain’t got no brains. I mean, they don’t know nothin’ ’cause if they had brains They’d think of a way To find a job. You know what one of ’em told me once? He said what he did, Begging He said it was work. Begging Was work. And I told him Straight to his face: That ain’t work. You think that’s work? Let me tell you what work is: Work is something that you do That’s of value To someone else. Now you take me. It takes brains to do What I do. You know what I think? I think they ought to send All these beggars over To some other country, Any country, It don’t matter which, For 3, 4, years, Let them wander around Some other country, See how they like that. We ought to make a National program Sending them off To wander about Some other country For a few years, Let ’em beg over there, See how far it gets them. I mean, look at that guy You know, who was big In the sixties, That drug guy, Timothy Leary? Yeah, he went underground, Lived overseas. You know what? A few years abroad And he was ready to Come back On any terms. He didn’t care if They arrested him. He said The U.S. is better Than any country In the world. Send them over there For a few years. They’d be just like him. This is the greatest country In the whole world. Timothy Leary Was damn happy To get back here, And he’s doing fine. Look at me. I used to be like that. I used to live underground. I came back. I think all those beggars got a mental block. I think you should do something. I mean, you ought to like what you do, But you should do something. Something of use To the community. All those people, Those bums, Those scam artists, Those hustlers, Those drug addicts, Those welfare cheats, Those sponges. Other than that I don’t hold nothin’ Against no one. Hey, I picked you up.