NaPoWriMo Day 12

The prompt from NaPoWriMo.net was: an index poem.

The idea is to make a poem using words found in either a real or imaginary book index.

I took a very small section of the index in Life Style by Dr Peter Marsh, an interesting book that I picked up in a library sale.

I’m not sure if the following can be classified as a poem though – I suspect it’s just a piece of prose chopped into short lines. 
 

Alternative strategies for dealing with vulnerable kids

Statistics show

accidents involving adolescents

are more common

in urban areas

than in the countryside.

Although chances

of mishaps occurring at school and home

are the same everywhere,

teens hurt while involved in crime,

anti-social behaviour

(in streets and shopping malls)

and random acts of aggression,

are more likely to live in cities.

Our solution,

to move accident-prone children

to safer places, such as farms,

has been opposed

by agribusinessmen

concerned at the effect this might have

on the local agriculture

and other environmental issues.

Their proposal

is that secure compounds

should be built in cities

to protect at-risk adolescents,

and those already in the country

should be closely monitored

by animal behaviour therapists.

We await your decision with interest.