by Parte
Mess Press II, 1991
Bobby Black's South Park Wake was going along fine, a little drinking,a lot of stories and more tears than we ever seen at a messenger gathering.Frankly, I never met Bobby and yet now I feel as if I knew him or maybehe knew me.
Nosmo, Silvers and Stephan put out a nice Jam in his honor. As the groupof 20 or so folk fell into respectful silence. After the musical tribute,people took turns paying their respects with impromptu speeches. You reallymissed out if you weren't there. Emotion level was at a peak.
Around 3:00...3:15, the rollers showed up and promptly busted the wake.Officer #2081 handled it rather smoothly despite a bit of griping on ourpart. Reluctantly we poured our beers out to cries of "This is forBobby!"
A couple of folk ended up in the paddy wagon but 2081 subtly left theback door unlocked and our comrades escaped down Tager. With a bit of pleadingwe scored the Zo bag that had found its way into the front seat of thevan and set off for mission rock and what we hoped would be a hassle freecontinuation of our ceremony.
Couldn't help but wonder if the cops realized we were getting a bitmore organized and cracking down. Maybe it was the South Park neighborhoodorganization who ratted on us, either way it was a rather heartless episodeon the part of the SFPD.
...2081 was seen at hangouts on Monday & Tuesday the following weekhassling any messenger he could. He must have been scolded or teased bya superior to feel he had to follow up on such a lame bust.
Rumor has it an ex-messenger is the guilty party (who ratted). Let'shope it's false.
Harmony my friend,
You me and Duck
I was looking forward to getting it again
But I guess I missed the boat... Again! Shit!
You deserved better than that
Everybody is missing those harmonies
And I am missing you.
See you there.
- Prez
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