like bugs in a kitchen when the light goes on

i like watching

the Tik Tok videos of cops

chasing perpetrators,

tackling them

in the street

and then twisting their arms

around to hand cuff

them.

the suspects are usually

drunk

or on drugs, half dressed,

with warrants out

for their arrest.

they toss bags of white powder

into the bushes,

along with

handguns.

they almost seem relieved

to be caught

at times,

sitting in back of the cop

car,

asking for a cigarette,

while the cop gives them

back their

flip flops, or a pack of gum.

it's strangely satisfying.