Werewolves Of The City Poem by Michael Pruchnicki

they started sometime last year
at the end of summer

we had our usual outbreak
of violence at the time

kids raped and slaughtered
old ladies hammered

the usual crap from the media
pushing bad news

so politicians could gather
and offer windmill solutions

but some of the victims
not publicized by the press

were low life scum that preyed
upon other low life

good riddance I thought
then doubts crept in

why were there no corpses
in dumpsters

then the reports trickled in
of feral dogs at large

why not a band of wolves
that blessed the city

by cleaning up the human trash
that inflicted such damage

on the public welfare
let the mayor issue a proclamation

hurrah! I thought at first
but what if he were a wolf