Mars Hill NC

(I saw this)
big cops bully mexicans

car at the curb
behind it the blinding

blue flash
I could hardly bear to look

the car full
that is

passenger right front
passenger right rear
passenger left rear

driver behind car receiving the brunt
big cop bellies up bends hands on hips and

bellows
meaning I might suppose

to transcend the language barrier
by sheer intimidation

a brutal
presence

a fine example of
"in your face"

diplomacy

with little success in terms of what we might otherwise consider
higher communication

a certain skill with which he seems
unconcerned

while another cop scurries around
flashlight held high in his left hand right

hovering over his gun butt

beam probing into the car
left rear door released

begins to open
at which he hollers

keep that door closed and it reverses

clunk
by one who seems able to translate

furthering possibilities of
misunderstanding

then turning to point and bellow

you

meaning me
standing flat across the road

keep moving