the police come to his house
they take him out in hand-cuffs
foster-mother watches
her hand to her mouth
as they lock him in the back seat

they take marjie back to the juvenile hall
degrees
calvin says to me
she's always hiding
the monster
in between
indian girls

eating sandwiches
underneath
the tacoma bridge
foster- mother picks big hands up from the jail
he smells like ether and dirt
face is black
with old hair

falling
an angel
without wings
a tree that no-one hears
daddy
marjie goes home
herrold's place
blue sky at night
drunkards delight
all the way through
childhood

big hands is sentenced
to three years
in the Washington State Mental Institution
at Stielacoom
marjie goes with daddy
and johnathan bing
crosses the river