The Police

There was a time

When I passed a test

Of my physical agility

Steering my career

Towards social security,

Power, accolade,

Obedience from all

Pandering the roads

With gusto and threats.

There was a time

When I inspired fear

For the misdoer,

Trust from the fearful;

I formed the disciplinarian

Team. Holding a baton

Belting a pistol

And sometimes admitting

Unscrupulous activity.

Here is a time

When this power begets fear

When the fearful dies

And the misdoer is invisible.

The attack on carriers

Is futile and it's not clear

If I can survive the slash

Of the Almighty

On a bunch of evolved apes.