IMPROVISATION#250
TRAFFIC

We see on the t.v. a film
in French about
  child and drug traffic deals
   knowing no details
   of the sleepy victims
by whose whims
their victim lords over them
are some time revealed
 if they are nailed
at the banks of the Thames
with    an identity card
concealed by walls
 or jailed for their crime
without    any thanks
over the judge's bench
as an overlord with power
who gives out magic pills
in this dark time
to those lost by night
on an hourly death march
    paints dozens of children
in a still-life
they can ill afford
\\the violent powder
that shines brightly
in front of the car lights
of shut- in reflections
to abscond     in technicolor
their air conditioned secrets
in the second silent
spell        blinding horror
fleeing from police
and reporters
with the Nice refugees
 filing and filling out
 papers  of regrets
not escaping
furious questions\
by the roaring car engines
without the thrill
of being recognized
at first sight.