Where Can I Steal Stuff
If I were a thief who would I rob first?
Would I run to the rich houses?
What would be the point?
They would grab me and throw me in the pokey
Before I broke their windows.
So would I go to the middle class people’s houses?
What would I steal?
If I took the X-boxes and Playstations,
I would only be hurting children.
Do I want to hurt children?
What about church? That is where people are the most trusting.
If I was a thief I would rob people at church. I would go through their pockets
When their coats are hanging in the anteroom during their worship service.
I would sit in a pew and wait for an old lady sitting near me to sing with her hymnal.
I would hear my grandmother’s voice
And I would be ashamed.
Okay, church is out.
What about the poor people?
They have something right?
Forget it. I will keep stealing at school.
It really is the best place.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2019
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