A Confession Hook
It came down to just the details,
only when everything else
in the repertoire fails,
sometimes the detective,
in this enlightened age,
could sort to rage,
he does it by the book,
like reading it off a page,
it’s a confession hook,
and it’s what they do,
it might be a spasm limited
to a curse word or two,
and it does trigger fear,
if that didn’t work,
they’d slam a door
or kick a chair,
knock everything off the desk,
and onto the floor,
maybe a little less, or more,
the key is to stay on top,
keep them guessing,
not a little, but a lot,
his heart should be pounding,
and his eyes wet,
the shouting should be loud
enough to suggest a threat,
there should be no other way,
and on court day,
police brutality would be implied,
but motion to suppress, denied!
© 2012 Frank Atanacio