Mr. Rockwell was known for wearing a gold watch
while Mrs. Rockwell hid her pearls in a silver box
they were none the wiser when a thief came in the night
until morning came and the maids shrieked out of fright
the box was found in the garden with a fingerprint left on top
which finger—the middle one—and then the police laughed
it is like a game, you see, the winner just needs six or eight points
wanna bet against someone who traded his soul for coins?
since the time the British stole Assyrian clay tablets
humans cheat and lie, but not these papillary ridges
islands and deltas and hooks and eccentric turns
never two people, looks like one just got burned
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Mr. Rockwell was known for wearing a gold watch
while Mrs. Rockwell hid her pearls in a silver box
they were none the wiser when a thief came in the night
until morning came and the maids shrieked out of fright
the box was found in the garden with a fingerprint left on top
which finger—the middle one—and then the police laughed
it is like a game, you see, the winner just needs six or eight points
wanna bet against someone who traded his soul for coins?
since the time the British stole Assyrian clay tablets
humans cheat and lie, but not these papillary ridges
islands and deltas and hooks and eccentric turns
never two people, looks like one just got burned
People v. Medina, G.R. No. 38434, December 23, 1933
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