By The Dawn's Early Light

By the Dawn's Early LightAll this happened a long time ago.Abe Beame was living in Gracie Mansion, though even he seemed to have trouble believing he was really the mayor of the city of New York. Ali was in his prime, and the Knicks still had a year or so left in Bradley and DeBusschere. I was still drinking in those days, of course, and at the time it seemed to be doing more for me than it was doing to me.I had already left my wife and kids, my home in Syosset and the N.Y.P.D. I was living in t...