Lawrence Hall
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Barney Fife! Thou Shouldst be Living at this Hour
-as
William Wordsworth did not say
Police
chiefs are costumed as admirals these days
Or
as generals, with medals and eagles and stars
Peaked
caps and polished boots, more Patton than Patton
In
stern command of parking-lot plywood lecterns
Their
trousers are crisply pressed, as are their frowns
And
all their seams line up with military precision
Each
gold and silver button polished as befits
Leaders
formidable to civilization’s foes
And
thus they appear, gloriously attired
Explaining
to their people why they’ve just been fired
(I admire police - beat cops, the proper coppers - but the
resume’ builders who rise to high office and dress up like Hohenzollern postal
clerks are another matter.)
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