Late Night Movers by Duane Anderson

Late Night Movers
By: Duane Anderson

Two men walk down the street
at three in the morning carrying
a 24-inch console color television.
They are headed for a pick-up truck
parked in the back alley.
The shirts they wear do not
indicate that they work for a moving company.

They must be independent businessmen.
Quietly I say, “Hurray for the small 
businessman,” as I take down the
number of the license plate
to report it to the police.