Marsha Mathews
Lafayette, Georgia
The sale of old criminal evidence
in Saturday night’s auction
did not compromise any cases,
the sheriff said. “All a big snafu.”
A gun
and five sexual assault kits
were buried in one of the boxes
sold to the highest bidder
who thought he bought
desk lamps and a fog horn.
Brought the box back
to the station
Monday morning.
The sheriff said, “See,
no harm done.”
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Marsha Mathews is an American poet and Professor Emerita, Dalton State College. During the 1990s, Marsha served as an Ordained Minister in the United Methodist Church. Her poems have appeared in Appalachian Heritage, The Fourth River: Best Writings of the Decade; Delmarva Review; Gargoyle; Raleigh Review; War, Literature & the Arts; and many other fine journals. Mathews has four chapbooks, most recently Growing Up with Pigtails (Aldrich, 2016), winner of the Georgia Author of the Year Award. Her first full collection of poetry, BEAUTY BOUND, explores human extremes to attain attractiveness. She welcomes you to her author’s page http://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/beauty-bound-marsha-mathews/