Wrong Time

caught in the midst of armed insurrection
refugees headed in wrong direction
milling about amid a mass shooting
walking the streets where people are looting

driving your car through the wrong neighborhood
saying aloud the dictator's no good
vulnerable amid a pandemic
target of politicians' polemic

despite race or religious persuasion
hard to outrun a non-stop invasion 
makes no difference how well-intended
whereabouts will be that which is mentioned

not always easy to avoid the crime
of being in the wrong place at wrong time
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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