Robbery
at the grocery store
Tuesday night
parking lot near empty
cop car flashing
a guy in cuffs
screaming and crying
he had no food
I kept my distance
saw he was thin
apple pie
smeared around his mouth
a small crowd gathering
they pushed him into the cop car
he had holes
in the bottom of his shoes
he looked at me
as they drove him away
he could have been me
he could have been everyone
circumstance dictating
hunger eating away his mind.
Published in Beatlick News, Blue Collar Review, & Camroc Press Review
