with such bright moral turpitude
he spouted his apologies
all with a question in his eyes
and a shaking in his hands and knees
but he held out his arm for me to take
and i lightly put my fingers on his crooked elbow
"it's all in the book," i said
he nodded and pulled my arm to hook with his
and then we skipped, yes skipped,
right down that yellow brick road.