Little Boy Lost

by J.D. Trafford

Sometimes I didn’t see the logic in spending the money to arrest, transport, book, and jail a guy who didn’t show up for court to receive a seventy-five-dollar fine for pissing in an alley, but that was how it worked. That was justice in America.

“This is one of the biggest cemeteries in the country,” the pastor continued. “Eighty-seven thousand people are buried here. All races. All classes. All religions. Rich. Poor.” He paused. “It is truly sad that this is the most diverse neighborhood in Saint Louis. Truly sad that the most diverse neighborhood in our city is one for the dead and not the living.