I've seen them booked into the county jail

sent to asylum prison hell

run into a cell

the short the tall

the fat the thin

for them no doubt without question of innocence

or guilt...

they are what they are

I've seen them

mixed with murderers

I've seen them side by side

with thieves

the young the old the in between lumped

with the drunk

the derelict the insane

the addict the gunman

the prostitute

they're grouped

with the pimp

the strongarm thug

bandit pusher of dope

horse and stick

And in the eyes of the gentlemen

of the State

Legislation and the Law

They are lowest of the low

Lowest of all by far

are these

the Hoodlum the gangster the embezzler of widow orphan the poor working jerk and the church

are clean but mildly delinquent boys by comparison to these

fair

far better

in the Judicial Eye

than these...

Depraved beyond redemption

Impossible of rehabilitation

nothing to save...

and so they are..

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