NO. 3: QUESTIONS
Cops flashed lights in our faces and we all turned to stone.
Did anybody see anything?
a young officer asked.
He looked honest, like he
ain’t never done this before.
You can always tell a newbie.
They always ask questions like they really expect answers.
Did anybody see anyone?
I ain’t seen nothin’,
Marcus Andrews, the neighborhood know-it-all, said.
Even he knew better than to know anything.