Cop Poem
Police men have a way of
dividing the world in half
with every hour they walk
the beat or grind it as they drive,
It’s about who they will
or will not put in jail,
Whose nose is arched
like bridges spanning
skylines over grievous waters
or flat and elegant as a small pocket
on streamlined suit,
It’s about where they can park
when there’s nothing but
trouble on the radio,
or where they have to
drive away from when
the street comes up short on
bricks that were there the day before
and ugliness was an old house
junkies live in and not
the crowd that gathers on the corners
and will not stop glaring
until the glares become sharp sticks,
iron pipes, broken bits,
It’s knowing where your backup is
and where the shortcuts come out to
and just how far
a dollar will go
on Saturday night.
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