Caren Krutsinger Poet Blank verse

If I Had a Sheriff's Badge

If I had a sheriff’s badge 
I would use it liberally.
Speaking to everyone,
Deputizing half the town.

Nightsticks and guns would be
Thrown into garbage cans and
Tar pits, with dinosaur bones.
We would not need them around.

My posse and I would use cell phones
And our keen powers of observation 
To watch out for the children, 
And the women who were easy to carry.

We would surround the neighborhood
With “watch” signs, and keep ourselves ready
To alert the rest of the people, to keep
Everyone safe. If I had a sheriff’s badge.

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M. L. Kiser February 16, 2019 at 10:06 PM I'm nominating you. Caren Krutsinger February 16, 2019 at 11:59 PM You are my second vote. I guess I will run up there and insist I get my name on the ballot.

Silent One February 16, 2019 at 9:52 AM I think you would make a great sheriff... Caren Krutsinger February 16, 2019 at 10:45 AM Thank you so much Silent One. I do too!