Muses Review -
Poetry -
Fall 2005
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Getting Arrested

by Alan Catlin
Source:
The Schenectady Chainsaw Massacre, (2003) p.80

was like a
family thing
so redundant
they were on
a first name
basis with
every bail
bondsman
in the tri-state
area-the last
time I saw
her she was
picking through
the butts in
the trash out
side of CVS
for the ends
of cigarettes
long enough
to smoke as
much because
she wasn''t old
enough to buy
a pack as it
was from a
lack of funds-
got picked up
for prostitution
like evey other
week-makes you
wonder what
she does with
her kids while
she's working
or what she's up
to now
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