Friday, October 18, 2024

STATE'S EVIDENCE -- a poem by a Faust

 


State's Evidence

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the quiet girl was absent, 

she ran naked down the street, 

he had a photo of her running 

in his jacket pocket


when they were going to search

they asked first if they could

they stopped and very deliberately 

got audible consent


they went through all the pockets 

one by one with gloves

eventually they found it 

it justified their actions


they sealed it labeled in plastic

charged him with possession

of physical evidence of 

citizen disobedience


the quiet girl was watching

from a broken skylight

huddled in a blanket

shivering but free