Some nights, cant sleep, I draw up a list,
Of everything Ive never done wrong.
To look at me now, you might insist
My list could hardly be long,
But Ive stolen no gnomes from my neighbors yard,
Or struck his dog, backing out my car.
Never ate my way up and down the Loire
On a strangers credit card.
Ive never given a cop the slip,
Stuffed stiffs in a gravel quarry,
Or silenced Cub Scouts on a first camping trip
With an unspeakable ghost story.
Never lifted a vase from a museum foyer,
Or rifled a Turkish tourists backpack.
Never cheated at golf. Or slipped out a blackjack
And flattened a patent lawyer.
I never forged a lottery ticket,
Took three on a two-fo ...
This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 25 October 2006, on page 30
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