A child is in danger
and a description
is sent out
gray Dodge Challenger
with Arizona plates or
black Audi A4 probably
heading for Mexico or
pink pajamas with rainbows
was carried away on foot or
a four-year-old boy who
needs his medicine or
her hair color when
last seen was purple
A child is in danger
and my phone is
made to dance
and to sing the
modern day sound
of a child in danger
Bill McCloud is a poetry editor for the Right Hand Pointing literary journal and is the poetry reviewer for Vietnam Veterans of America. His poetry book, The Smell of the Light, reached #1 on The Oklahoman’s “Oklahoma Bestsellers List." His poems have appeared in Oklahoma Today and the Oklahoma English Journal. He is a faculty member of William Bernhardt’s annual WriterCon, presenting sessions on writing and publishing poetry.
