Originalmente publicate in The Lake de april 2015. Un version in Interlingua, “gilets,” appareva in le numero de Panorama de martio-april 2018.
there are a bunch of people
standing around
in union station
doing nothing
some of them
have on yellow vests
that read
POLICE
they keep telling
the people who have no vests
they have to move
the area is closed
that is their job
to make life
just that much harder
for the unvested