A Casual Killing Poem by robin DeWalt

It was a repetitive blinking-
red lights in my peripheral vision
distracting me –from late night
dedication to Jay Leno.

An ambulance-parked askew
rear door flapping a knowing
rectangular wink, received its load
a man, (I think) from the size of a foot
sheathed in brown sock.

The black and white parade came
tying the building with plastic
yellow ribbons - shining it’s lights
on the ‘deed in the dark’
where one man consumed would not-
could not stop- though the other
lay silent upon the floor.

The paramedics chatted
Over basketball scores
Climbed into their leather
Posts-and drove away.