Raindogblue

Hollow Talismans

 

She's a drug tourist. She's clean:

Dressed in heels and new clothes.

The leopard print Covid mask

around her neck is hollow talisman.

Sweat is beading on her forehead.

She is clammy and conscious.

Her pulse is meager.

Foil and straw at hand,

she's another fetty OD.

 8 Mil of Narcan up her nose

and 2 more in her arm,

she's barely breathing.

The medic crew places her

on the gurney before the flow

of urine from her fellow users steams

to the place where she almost died.

 

 

Fraud Warning

 

Okay, I have said this before. I will say this again.

No government agency will ever ask you to pay

them in gift cards or bit coin.

 

 

Fraud Warning

 

I have said it once. I will say it again. 

No government agency will ask

for payment in Bitcoin or Apple Pay

or another other form of pre-paid card. 

If they tell you to keep it is secret,

it is a fraud.

 

 

 

Minus 10

 

Back in the day, the old minimums were 25.

Today, they are 17.

Today, we had seven officers off probation to man the shift.

At Roll Call, the sergeant decided that officers would work districts.

Everyone was in a beat car and we would only be taking priority calls.

He paired up four officers into two cars.

I partnered up with Midnight Man.  

Two officers had their trainees.

And Hands worked by himself.