Suspense In the Suburbs
En route to school to get the kids
We had a real surprise.
Two cops and a dog were running
Through the lawns, before our eyes.
“Look, a sweatshirt!” one called out.
“They must have come this way!”
Some police cars came careening by,
A local law display.
The schoolyard parents, on their phones,
Found out what had transpired -
A stolen car, a crash, a chase -
A lockdown was required.
We mulled around the yard and wondered
When they would release
The kids from school, but then we heard
They’re waiting for the police.
Some forty minutes later,
All the bad guys had been caught.
The children filed outside
With not a one of them distraught.
Though I live in the city
Where the crime rates often soar,
The suburbs brought some criminals
Right up to the front door.
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