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Robbery

 

I led the man out of the bank in handcuffs.

His skin sagged over hollow bones:

a hundred pounds on a six foot frame.

 

He said to me, "I want you to know

I robbed that bank. It's a federal offense.

 

I nod, find the money in his pocket, ask,

You have cancer?

 

"That's what they say."

 

He so drained by the chemo,

he can't tell me what day it is.

 

 

 

Living

 

 

After dark, off the highway, I took drunk diabetic

from the Tip and Strip to the drunk tank.

I asked him if he should havesucked down six beers?

 

He told me, "I'm just trying to survive until I die."

 

 

Candle Light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.25.12. B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.25.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.24.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensation and Christmas Lights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue

 

 

 

 

Ornament: Red

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jargon: Unit and Relief

 

Jargon: 

Unit-

 

1. The precinct or division where an officer works.

Examples: West, East, North, Traffic, Gangs, Detectives, etc...

 

 

Relief-

 

1. The shift an officer works at his unit.

Examples: Days, Afternoons, Nights.

 

 

Unit-

 

2. The number an officer is assugned at roll call dictating position, district, and shift.

Example: 7David4.