Poetry by Shane Allison
Shane Allison
Poetry

Shane Allison may be contacted at: Starsissy42@hotmail.com

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Chaos on Charlie Ash Lane

5 a.m.
5 a.m. they
5a.m. they busted
they busted
busted
5 a.m. they busted
through
they busted through the
5a.m. they busted through the door
& knocked
knocked
& knocked
& knocked my Mama
& knocked my
& knocked my Mama
out of the way
out of the way
& knocked my Mama out of the way
they busted through
they busted through the door
they busted through the door at 5a.m.
& knocked my Mama out of the way.
You don't
You don't mess
You don't mess with
You don't mess with the
You don't mess with the U.S Marshals
One of them said you don't mess with the U.S. Marshals
You don't mess with the U.S. Marshals one of them said
You don't mess with the U.S. Marshals
They searched
They searched through
They searched through the house
They searched through the house
Like sniffing dogs
Sniffing dogs they searched
Like sniffing dogs they searched
Through the house
Through the house like sniffing dogs
They searched
5 a.m. they busted down the door
& knocked my Mama out of the way
& searched through the house like sniffing dogs
& found
& found
they found
& they found
& found Daddy
in the living room
in the living room is where they found Daddy
they found him sitting in the living room my Daddy
5a.m. they busted down the door
knocking my Mama out of the way
searching through the house
like sniffing dogs and found
my Daddy sitting in the living room
get
get on
get on the
get on the floor they
get on the floor they said
get on the floor
get on the floor they said
they said to
they said to get on the floor
they told him
they told him to
they told him to get on the floor
get on the floor they said to him
to him they said to get on the floor
at 5 in the morning
at 5 in the morning after they busted open
busted open
the door knocking my Mama out of the way
searching the house
like sniffing dogs
like sniffing dogs searching the house
to find my Daddy in the living room
to find him in the living room
in the living room is where they found him
they
they told
they told him with
they told him with guns
they told him with guns in their hands
to get
to get on
to get on the floor
get on the floor
to get on the floor
they told him to get on the floor
get on the floor they told him
with their firearms pointed & loaded
with them firearms pointed & loaded at my Daddy's head
they had they guns pointed & loaded at the head of my Daddy
they had they Goddamned guns
they had they Goddamned guns
they had they Goddamned guns pointed & loaded at my Daddy's head
5 feet
5 feet away
5 feet away from my sleeping niece
5 feet away from where my niece was sleeping
where my niece was sleeping 5 feet away
they had they guns pointed & loaded
5 a.m. busted, knocked down, sniffing like dogs
he
he kissed
he kissed the floor
Daddy kissed the floor
Daddy kissed the floor as guns
as guns are pointed & loaded
as goddamned firearms are pointed and loaded
to my Daddy's head
to my daddy's head Goddamned guns are pointed & loaded
Ma screams
She screams
My Mama screams
Screams my Mama
OH DON'T SHOOT HIM
My Mama screams OH DON'T SHOOT HIM
OH DON'T SHOOT HIM my Mama screams
After being knocked aside
At 5a.m. she hollers
OH DON'T SHOOT HIM
DON'T SHOOT HIM
OH MY GOD DON'T SHOOT HIM
DON'T SHOOT HIM OH
MY GOD
DON'T SHOOT HIM
What are the charges
What are the charges my sister yells
My sister yells what are the charges
What are the charges
My sister yells what are the charges
They handcuff
They handcuff him and
They handcuffed him & took him away
Took him away
They put my Daddy in handcuffs and took him away
In handcuffs they put my Daddy in & took him away
5 a.m.
after busting open the door
searching sniffing searching
with guns pointed and loaded
loaded & pointed
guns loaded & pointed pointed & loaded
at my Daddy's head
his head, my Daddy's head
5 feet away from my sleeping little niece
5 feet away from where my sleeping little niece slept
where my little sleeping niece slept 5 feet away
my sister wanted to know what were the charges
the charges
what were the charges
the charges, what were they she, my sister, wanted to know
what were the charges
my Mama pleading DON'T SHOOT HIM
DON'T SHOOT HIM
OH MY GOD DON'T SHOOT HIM
SHOOT HIM DON'T
SHOOT HIM
SHOOT HIM DON'T
They took him, my daddy, away in handcuffs
My Daddy is the man they took away in handcuffs
In handcuffs they took him away
They took him away at 5 in the morning in handcuffs
They, the U.S. Marshals you don't mess with, took him away

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