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95/53

 

Out of 95 homicides in the pond this year, 53 have been solved.

 

 

66/32

 

Tonight, marks the pond's 66th fatal traffic crash for the year and the 32nd for fatal ped strucks.

 

 

Cocoons

 

The ME said, "I loves cocoons. When there are enough in the body, and you move the deceased, it sounds like a rain stick. "

 

 

Impression

 

 

On a Death call, between the generations of dead flies

and the thousands of cocoons, the air conditioning

set on high, the decomposition of the corpse, and two

calendars set to August, the subject of the investigation

died three and a half months ago, and was not found until today. 

 

 

 

 

56

 

Year to date, the city has had 56 traffic fatalities. 

 

 

55

 

To date, there has been 55 traffic fatalities in the pond. 

 

 

89

 

To date, the pond has had 89 homicides. 92 is the record set last year.

 

 

In A Room I Would Not Let The Chaplain In

 

On the Eighth Floor of a no-barrier housing project,

in a room where every spare space was filled

with rotting garbage, and the bed, chair and floor

were crusted in layers of human shit,

 I had leave the room as the M.E. inspected

the deceased , not because of the smell,

but for the flies assaulting  my eyes

and flying up my nose. 

 

 

 

 

48

 

Over the weekend, there were four murders in 48 hours. 

The homicide total is now at 48 for the year.

 

 

Descending

 

The pond's  homicide rate,  from early 2019 to mid-2021, increased 207%. Destroying the increase in cities like Atlanta, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Denver and Nashville.  Overall, shootings increased 241% increase in a 3-year period.