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The Sitting Rule

Tony was drunk.
He showed up
at his mom's drunk.
She won't let him in.
She called us.
I found him
on the porch raging.
He saw me
and tried to walk away.
I hit him
with the spot light,
turned his head to me,
andexited the car.
Why don't you have a seat.
Tony turned,
neck tensed,
squared his shoulders,
and made his hands into fists.
I widened my stance,
stared, and growled,
I said have a seat.
He broke form, looked backed,
and down to the sidewalk.
There.
I pointed to step into a yard.
He sat.
He was done.
If you can get an angry drunk to sit,
the fight's won.

Abstract Series: Four

Agent of the State

In traffic court,
I'm the agent of the state.
I prosecute the violation.
I can make you a deal
on the spot of the infraction.

It's fix-it ticket.

Broken light.
Repair it.
Bad tags.
Renew your reg.
Don't have license?
Get one.
Show me at court
I'll dismiss the ticket.

It's a carrot.
The bail is a big stick.

Once you get behind
on your license,
it's hard to get it back.

Take care of your business.
I'll see you in court,
and try to save you some money
while bringing you into compliance:
licensed drivers, working cars.

Warning

After using a blue light to detect
body fluids in a hotel room,
the first thing I'd sterilize on a stay
is the T.V. remote.

Abstract Series: Charles

Abstract Series: Three

Abstract Series: Boy

Shagging Calls

Swift stood up in roll call,
Tapped his ear piece,
said, "Days is chasing
a guy with a murder want."
The room emptied.
The shift drove code to the call,
created a perimeter.

As the tac team arrived,
officers were relieved,
sent out to shag calls, priorities,
one's and two's.

The rest could wait
until the big one was over
and there are enough bodies
to handle anything
other than emergencies.

Phonetic Alphabet

To clarify code and spelling and meaning,
words are reduced to letters,
letters become words.

A report written is trimmed to R.
For clarity, the R is converted to a Roger.

If I run John Smith for wants
on the Service Net,
his first name is transformed
to: John Ocean Henry Nora,
his last: Sam Mary Ida Tom Henry.

Our Phonetic Alphabet is:

Adam
Boy
Charles
David
Easy
Frank
George
Henry
Ida
John
King
Lincoln
Mary
Nora
Ocean
Paul
Queen
Roger
Sam
Tom
Union
Victor
Willie
X-ray
Yankee
Zebra

Abstract Series: Two