Jun 2019
We heard the screech
Then the pop
Of metal on metal
Or metal on wood
It’s hard to tell the difference
When you’re half asleep
People were running
To it and from it
People afraid that they’d
Be sent away
Away from their babies
Others stopped them and calmed them
My thumbs wrestled
With dialing 9-1-1
But I described it best I could
As quickly as I could
And as accurately as I could
Then we waited.
Then the pop
Of metal on metal
Or metal on wood
It’s hard to tell the difference
When you’re half asleep
People were running
To it and from it
People afraid that they’d
Be sent away
Away from their babies
Others stopped them and calmed them
My thumbs wrestled
With dialing 9-1-1
But I described it best I could
As quickly as I could
And as accurately as I could
Then we waited.
Traumatic situation all around tonight in our “hood” as a mom with children jumped the curb and hit a pole or tree then took off from the scene as she was afraid that she’d be deported or put in in jail or something. One by one the emergency personnel showed up and we made our way home. Lights and voices still thick behind us. Scary.
