Raindogblue

Done Running

 

On the state highway, late, into crime

blinder time, a mope flagged me down.

 

"I have a warrant for my arrest."

 

'kay.

 

"I'd also like to know I am high on meth."

 

I nodded and cuffed him up.

He was done running.

He cried en route to jail.

 

 

 

Flying West

 

Yesterday, I saw a bald eagle flying west,

a black bird in pursuit, nipping at its wing tips,

driving the larger bird away. 

 

 

Last Night

 

Last night, I walked into a bar looking for a man who had walked away from a car crash.

A woman at the bar turned, stared at me, and said, "Officer RD, remember me?"

 

I looked her in the eye.

 

"Last time you saw me, you told me you'd arrest me, if I didn't stay in my apartment."

 

Yes, and?

 

"You also drove out and arrested my ex .... so we're good."

 

'Kay.

 

She smiled.

I nodded.

 

Goodnight.

 

 

 

Forty at the Burger Stand

 

Saturday, working OT, I spotted forty,

young, black men dressed in red

in the parking lot of the burger stand

off the state highway.

 

 

They're not eating, there's no girls,

and they're mean mugging the passing cars.

 

I snag cover and roll into the the lot.

 

They run,

sprinting off in every direction,

dropping wine bottles,

ditching objects in the planters

and bushes as they break.

 

The group reassembled a few blocks away.

I followed them east until they all hopped

on a passing bus.

 

I warned the next precinct

they had a bus load of Bloods

heading their way.

 

Chomo

 

Chomo is street slang for a child molester.

 

Usuage from a stop tonight:

I'm talking two transients.

I saw Benny canning tonight.

One replies, "We don't like Benny."

"Oh?"

The other says, "Benny's a chomo.

We don't like chomos.

We stay away from him."

 

 

 

Rules of Attraction

 

Tonight, prowlin' the North Village,

a driver, not wearing his seatbelt,

rolled a stop while on his cell.

 

He anchored it to keep

from hitting me. 

He had a suspended license

and an unregistered car. 

I left him with a brick of tickets. 

 

A Dagger and Denial

 

In the South Village, I spot Donny D.

I round the corner, put him in the box.

He's hot. He has a pair of crank

wants from two separate counts.

As I slide up, he drops his dope,

when I grab the dagger from his belt. 

He has 3 crank pipes in his pack, 

but denies the dope is his.

 

Designated Driver

 

I arrested a designated driver tonight.

He blew a .15 after blowing a stop sign

and driving 70 in a 30 in front of me.

 

 

December 5th, 2011

 

The Night is quiet. 
I creep. 
I prowl. 
I find nothing. 

 

District 9 Bingo