Pulled over in Del Mar
Followed for past mile from highway twisting streets neighborhood by
dark shark of roads
patrol car
flashes lights
Officer A. Garcia badge 50-ish
short of course stout aviators khaki
license registration proof of insurance
did i do something wrong?
i'll tell you just as soon as you do what i just said
hand license from wallet
reach to glove box
ehh- it's okay - everything in your name? -the registration?
yeah yeah all me
well heather you know what you're sposta do at a stop sign?
stop
yeahhhh- you rolled through not one but two stop signs usually you see a patrol car behind you people come to complete stop or they been drinking--?
i haven't
Loud beeping sound muffled operator walkietalkie
okay i'm gonna let you go today with just a warning heather
writes my name in all caps in pocket notebook
but you're gonna hafta show some more effort-?
sure yeah okay
okay boots on gravel turn walk back
shaking hands shift to drive
i thought i stopped
9/29/06 7:30EST
ReplyDeleteOn our way to a party
Riding in Vermont and singing Bohemian Rhapsody
Nothing really matters to me
passed a speed trap
headlights turn on, is he pulling out?
He is. How fast were you going?
"I think I was going 40,"
You were going 50 in a 35
I was trying not to laugh from the passenger's seat
License and Registration
Its from Kansas, how long have you lived here?
For three years, you're supposed to get a VT license
have been going to law school
So you're all law students?
No, some attorneys as well
I'll be right back.
Fireworks shoot off to the left
We make a haiku:
We get pulled over
Fireworks shoot off to the left
road bends and then ends
So you think fireworks are illegal in Vermont?
Not if you have a permit
Good answer, have a nice night.
send a bolt of lightning
ReplyDeletevery very frightening
!
cops love you too
three thousand miles away
if you have a permit
good answer, have a nice night
Easy come easy go, will you let me go?
ReplyDeleteBismillah! we will not let you go-let him go