canada eh?

"i'm on a beer tour"
i tell the cop

He looks at
holey clothes
beard and wild hair

"'You're what?"

"I'm on a beer tour."

"Well what are you doing here?"

I'm not sure if he means
the alley or Edmonton

"Do you have ID?"

"No i went to the store
for cigarettes. I live
over there"

pointing
to a brick building

"some one pulled a gun
and the description fits you."

"Oh"

"Do you mind if I search you?"

"No."

He pats me down
pauses at my cigarettes

"Those also kill
you know."

I smile.

He finds nothing
and lets me go.