David S. Pointer

SHERIFF ANDY TAYLOR

had no clue about wave-
particle duality or DNA-
tracking spray, but knew enough
about the continuum of force
to treat everyone like
an old acquaintance,
keeping the peace and ratings
high as the hands of any
assailant arrested in TV Land.


David reads "Sheriff Andy Taylor":



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David confesses: "I started penning this poem a few minutes after I heard about Andy Griffith's July 3 passing. I always enjoyed The Andy Griffith Show as a kid."

DAVID S. POINTER has a poem in the anthology Indiana Crime 2012. His two most recent chapbooks are MP, Snipers, and Crime and Sinister Splashplay. He also has poems forthcoming in the anthology Serial Killers 2.