Skateboarding In Russell Poem by Randy McClave

I can beg for money upon the sidewalk or on the street
I can walk upon it with my bare callused feet,
Bikes and roller-skates are welcomed there as well
Cigarette butts have also been thrown there and fell
But, it is not that or drugs which will toss me into jail.

If you don't follow the ordinance you can be cited or fined
A criminal you will be then known and profiled and then defined,
This law was created which I hope never to break
I guess it will cause addiction and or perversion and all will forsake
They won't touch my gun, but my skateboard they can take.

Everyone is forbidden to skateboard on the streets or sidewalks
I wonder if the children will be arrested for drawing with their chalks,
They say that children should be outside more to play
But, now they say if you must skateboard, inside you must stay
As all the criminal laws of Russell, we must always obey.

Randy L. McClave