the thin blue line

i don't know

why

but it's satisfying to watch

the cop

videos of them chasing

bad guys,

thieves and drunks,

druggies,

dragging them out

of cars

and cuffing them

when they refuse to 

surrender,

or show ID.

it's a wide-open window

showing

how many

crazy people are out

there amongst us,

out there on the street.