Friday, October 23, 2020

Suspense in the Suburbs

En route to school to get the kids

We had a real surprise.

Two cops and a dog were running

Through the lawns, before our eyes.


“Look, a sweatshirt!” one called out.

“They must have come this way.”

Some police cars came careening by,

A local law display.


The schoolyard parents, on their phones, 

Found out what had transpired - 

A stolen car, a crash, a chase -

A lockdown was required.


We milled around the yard and wondered

When they would release

The kids from school, but then we heard

They’re waiting for the police.


Some forty minutes later,

All the bad guys had been caught.

The children filed outside

With not a one of them distraught.


Though I live in the city,

Where the crime rates often soar, 

The suburbs brought some criminals

Right up to the front door!

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