- About $110.00
- A Birthday check from his Uncle Dave and Aunt Stacy
- His brand new driver's license (18th birthday)
- A Three of Spades playing card
The wallet was actually my very old and beaten faded brown leather wallet which was given to me long ago. Probably a Christmas or birthday gift. A new wallet, a gift from Cathy, Aaron and Patrick for my 46th birthday, made the old one expendable. Aaron wanted it. He liked the way it looked. (Patrick carries that wallet today.)
What the heck was the meaning of the three of spades? That mystery troubled me in the first few weeks. I feared, (Aaron would say "figures") the card had some connection to something displeasing. Or, ("yeah right") I wished, it was simply a good luck symbol. I was more troubled ("of course") than wishful. The friends of Aaron's who I asked about the card had no idea. If there was a significance, it was not going to be known to me. Just as well I concluded.
OAR was a favorite band of Aaron's. Aaron and his friend Erik "Doc" ("Trust me, I'm a doctor. I know about these things.")Leonhart drove to Milwaukee last March or April to see their first big-time concert as free wheeling teenagers. I remember Aaron coming to our room sometime after midnight soooo excited about the experience. Aaron wanted to talk and talk about the night. The combination of all that goes with a concert...in a big city, with NEW people, and your great friend combined with the freedom to be home again and a teenager with parent trust was euphoric for The Air Bear. We were thankful that he was safe and home, but also so pleased that he was enjoying himself in a safe way.
Earlier this month, Patrick and two of his friends attended OAR concert in Madison. OAR has a song about a poker game. The mystery of the 3 of Spades was resolved last week when Patrick informed me that I should have asked him about Aaron's card. When OAR plays "A Crazy Game of Poker" playing cards are tossed in the audience. Aaron latched on to a 3 of Spades. Patrick came home from his night of OAR with a King of ??. How about that. Another question about Aaron's last weeks resolved with a show of innocence. I love that boy. Both of them.
Here's the song:
OAR - That Was A Crazy Game Of Poker Lyrics
My twenty thrown down in my fist of rage
And the man to my left just folded down
Johnny doubled up with a Royal Flush
I had three jacks and a pair of nines
My mind is turning just two shots more
There's not much left to play
Then dude walks in Black hat on top, what a mop
I'm lucky it wasn't a county cop, cause I'm just running out of
time
Who's up for game two, what to do?
My wallets getting thin and I just lost my watch last night
I got a problem, just one answer got to throw it all down
And kiss it goodbye
That was a crazy game of poker
I lost it all
But someday I'll be back again
And I'm never to fall
Never to fall
Who's up for game three?
I can barely see the bourbon drowning next to me
And I just lost it all
Well there's a man sitting next to me
Red with smiling eyes
It's funny I don't have no money tonight.
That was a crazy game of poker
I lost it all
But someday I'll be back again
And I'm never to fall
Never to fall
Bada biba... ... ...
I say now skitili dat dat dat well how bout that
I'm coming out the front never coming out the back
I walked into the bar yesterday
Cause I had something to do, something to say
And Johnny walked in right behind me and
I didn't turn around
Until I hear the sound of his feet falling
On the ground, looked over my shoulder
And I saw a clown
And I said what are you doing in the bar tonight?
And I said Johnny whatcha doing tonight?
He looked at me with a face full of fright
And I said how about a revolution?
And he said , right.
I say of, you say a, I say revolution, and you say Jah 2x
And I said what are you looking at?
He hit me across the face with a bat.
I grabbed my .45 and I said let's get out and go
Well so he opened the door, and said "now, whatcha here for?"
I said I'm wanderin' down the road 44
And I said I've been walking for about a thousand years
And my feet are growing tired
My eyes a little wired
Don't know what to do unless I retire
And he just said let's play some crazy poker
And I said Johnny whatcha doing tonight?
He looked at me with a face full of fright
And I said how about a revolution?
And he said right.
I said that was the craziest game of poker that I ever saw
I said that was the craziest game of poker that I ever saw
But Im not gonna quit and I'm not gonna stop
I don't give a shit cause I got the drop
Johnny just got two eyes just like mine
And I'm feeling kind of funky, kinda fine
Cause I drank a bottle of whiskey before I came
Came to the bar to see what's the same
I saw my man named Johnny sitting across the table from
And to my left was a man he had no gin
He didn't even think about starting to sin
The man to my right, wasn't feeling very nice
He looked kinda mad and I felt bad
Because I took his money last night
Now I'm just struggling
I need a honey bunny
I don't know what to say anymore
So Im just going to go out the front door.
Peace,
Tom
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