Companion poem for chapter 16 of the R.M. Dolin novel, "Trophic Cascade"
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Security comes with peril
and those trusted to protect and serve
sometimes don’t.
Truths we actively work to conceal
find ways of breaking away.
Think of it as Newton’s Second Law
applied to human entropy.
The long pull of our past is
difficult to escape
and for whatever reason
confront us when we feel most safe.
With a joke gone bad
you can be mad
but what the hell,
if you haven’t experienced God’s humor
you're just not out there enough.
It’s probably also true that
before long shadows first appear,
you should be securely stationed on
the shady side of the street.
From the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade.” Jake and Armando are set up by Alverez who uses the secret police to attempt to arrest them. Luckily for Armando, Alverez makes a mistake.
