thinning the herd
they are talking about
neighborhood kids
she says that she hates the summer
because the neighborhood kids
take over the street
they don’t look, she says
do you know how many of them
i almost hit with my car?
i stop the car and curse them out
i ask them
don’t you want to live?
but they just curse me back
it’s like they don’t care, she says
the other ladies agree with her
they all have horror stories
from summer streets
kids riding bikes without helmets
diving into the shallow end of the pool
setting off illegal fireworks
skateboarding for goodness sake
skateboarding!
you should let them go, i say
the women look up at me because
i typically don’t talk at lunch
let them go if they want to take chances
any loss of life will just help thin out the herd
thin out the herd? they all say in unison
how could you say
a thing like that?
kids are so innocent
inside of every kid is an adult waiting to happen
i tell them
but they wave me off
think i’m the crazy one
they go back to talking
this time about all of the new shows
on television this summer
apparently the cable schedule is packed
with shows that
you just can’t miss.
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