The police that have been strutting about in our small coastal town
smoking American cigarettes, drinking for free, taking bribes
arresting small time thieves and drunks,
which they occasionally shoot when in a foul mood,
have now, as the night is about to fall
retreated to their fortress
leaving us to gangs that come down from the mountains
to ship their drug up north.
They are a festive crowd
bribe us till we are totally blind
and best of all they only kill each other.
The sullen bullies of daylight
are so much more difficult to deal with it’s
shop owners, brothel and barkeepers
who have to bribe that lot.