Image: Policeman Stopping Driver
Save the Earth from our Protectors
Greenpeace cries, “Save the earth!”
A university cop stopped me last night
And gave me a ticket for speeding.
Trying for a bigger bust, this soldier
In the war on drugs took aim, firing
His trusty service questions:
Are you drunk? No.
Have you been drinking? No.
What have you been drinking? Nothing. Uh, water.
Are you high on drugs? No.
What drugs are you on? None.
Are you high on any drugs?
What have you been smoking, toking, popping, dropping,
snorting, shooting-up. . . ?
Are you stoned, ripped, high, wasted, plastered, high,
shit-faced. . . ?
No.
Nothing.
No.
Still buzzing with suggestions,
The man tests my sobriety: walk the center line,
Follow my finger, let me poke your eyeballs with my flashlight.
The Breathalyzer reads no alcohol.
Humphing a grimace, our protector yanks off the plastic mouthpiece
And slams it on the ground.
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