Schadenfreude


They found another hand in Hempstead Lake Park
African American
how do they know it is African or American

It is a well cared for woman's hand
gold wedding band
perfect coral manicure

They found a Caucasian hand
out on the island
blonde soft down

This one might be a tourist's
hue and cry in the Hamptons
Dan's Papers does an expose

On the Seaford Oyster Bay
an abandoned Hyundai
holds hostage a trunk full of body parts

My mother reads aloud the Newsday article
as my stomach turns my morning coffee
she loves the Nassau County cops

Calls them her boys
my boys will find who's doing this mischief
a little more than mischief ma

Not like the neighborhood boys
who stole my sister's bra off the clothesline
I always blame the husband