In The Summer Of 77 Poem by BRUCE MARTONE

IN THE SUMMER OF 1977
THE BRONX BOMBERS WERE BOMBING THEM SELEVES
AND THE METS WERE IN LAST PLACE WITH NO ONE ELSE
NOW CON EDISON HAD THERE MOST POWERFUL BLACK OUT WHILE LOVERS WERE PARKED IN THE PARK
AND A MAN WENT TO QUEENS ANSWERING HIS DOG CALLS
CREEPING UP IN THE DARK AND SHOT LOVERS IN THE PARK
AND RAN LEAVING THEM DROWING THERE OWN BLOOD
NOW THE CHERRY TOPS CAME SAYING NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THIS AND DID THE YANKEES WIN THERE GAME
THAN BEFORE WE KNEW IT TWO MORE LOVERS
GOT SHOT IN THE PARK AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
AND HE RAN THIS TIME CALLING HIMSELF THE SON OF SAM
NOW THE CITY WAS STRICKEN AND THE COPS WERE BAFFLE
HE BEEN ON THE LOOSE FOR ALMOST A YEAR THEY SAID
GIRLS WERE CUTTING THERE HAIR SHORT WAITING FOR HIM
TO GET CAUGHT WHILE NEW YORKERS LIVE IN FEAR.
NOW ONE DAY THE DAILY NEWS GOT A LETTER DELIVERY
TO THEM SAYING I SHALL SAY FAREWELL OR SHOULD I SAY YOU WILL SEE MY HANDI WORK AT MY NEXT JOB.
REMEMBER MS. LAURA THANK YOU IN THEIR BLOOD
FROM THE GUTTER ' SAM CREATON.44
AND THAT STATED WHAT HE WAS ABOUT NOW READERS GOT TO FIND OUT. NOW THE DAILY NEWS GAVE THE LETTER TO THE COPS WHILE HE STILL ON HIS KILLING SPREED
AND NOBODY WAS SAFE OR FELT FREE. THE CITY WAS IN A PANIC THE COPS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK PAROLING EVERY BLOCK SPECIALLY EVERY PARK AFTER DARK.
NOW THE SON OF SAM WOULD USED A 44 CALIBER GUN
TO SHOOT HIS PREY BEFORE HE RAN AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT GOT IN HIS WAY.NOW HE KILLED SIX AND WOUNDED SEVEN AS HE PARALYZED NEW YORKERS FOR A YEAR.
NOW HE WOULD SOON GET A PARKING TICKET THAT SAME YEAR AND THAT WOULD SOON END HIS KILLING SPREED
AND THE COPS WOULD PUT IT TOGETHER THAN ARREST THE SON OF SAM BEFORE HE RAN.