Disclaimer: I don't own Lennie Briscoe or any other Law and Order things. Dick Wolf does, except for Briscoe, he's God's now.

A/N: This one is dedicated to Jerry Orbach. May he rest in peace.

Just Yesterday

Just yesterday, I watched him laugh at a joke

Wacthed him arrest a suspect,

listening to the familiar click of the handcuffs slide shut

Heard him make a wisecrack about something

Watched him write up a report

Just yesterday, we walked down the street

Talking, joking

Sat at a bar and watched him drink a club soda

Got in the car and hear him curse traffic

Climbed stairs in an apartment building,

complaining about him being old

I think he'd rather be here and old,

than there and dead

Just yesterday, I argued with him about a case

Disputed about why one guy might have done it

and how another guy did

Said how he might be getting a little gray for the job

Listened as he retorted he was young as he wanted, and needed

Just yesterday, I listened to him say

'I'll be doing this job from my wheelchair'

I doubt he can do it from his grave