An Enforcer�s Drive to LancasterA Poem by Jack WorthingtonThe officer gently set his files on the passenger seat Then drove an hour north, for his encounter with a cheat The canyon road, winding and narrow, imprisoned him in iron chains He’d heard the lies all before and dealt with many pains.
The music blared from the radio, his glasses shielded his face To the desert plain below to save the human race He pulled up to a liquor store, a file in his hand Asking for the owner, a not so generous man.
The clerk gazed into his eyes, wondering what to do The officer grew angry, and asked for Mr.Chu He’s not here cried the clerk, perhaps at three or four The officer just shook his head and shuffled out the door as so many times before. © 2009 Jack Worthington |
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Jack WorthingtonBodega, CAAboutI'm an American, from the west coast, now currently living in Bodega, CA. I was on the east coast, but luckily escaped. Everyone tells us to believe in ourselves. But isn't that why this world i.. more.. |
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