CAUGHT ON CCTV
Copyright Roger N. Taber 2006
Men and women, every shape, size, colour,
on the street
Crowding each other, elbowing a passage,
nobody apologizing
Man in a suit, pocket picked by a kid about
fourteen;
Woman in a short skirt, fumbled by a guy
getting married soon
Children wanting this and that, parents look
scared to say, ‘No!’
Cop on the beat, deciding... no pay packet
worth the hassle?
Dark faces and lighter stuck in poems about
racism
Light fingers and darker rewriting bye-laws
for drug free zones
Dog dashes in front of a car, tyres screaming;
people cry blue murder
Mutt’s okay, runs off, driver didn’t even stop;
a few of us make eye contact
People - all shapes, sizes, colours, lips moving;
street, playing deaf
