I was driving on the freeway Listening to the radio When the newscaster announced That a car had crashed through A guard rail and Down into a body of water And the occupant was apparently drowned. Then there was a taped Conversation with a police Official: "I don't really understand This one. I don't see how She could have driven through That heavy rail. The visibility Was perfect. The doors were locked and The windows were Up which indicates That she was alone. This one Really puzzles me..." I didn't understand why the Doors and windows told Him that she was alone: Possibly something he learned At the Police Academy? Anyhow I have a favorite spot Picked out Down near Del Mar. The railing looks weak and There's an 80 foot drop Straight down the cliff And Into the ocean I may never use it But it's nice to know That it's there. (I intend to have a 5th Of whiskey at my lips, The radio playing classical Music And I will break through That railing Fast Launching the car High up Over the water...) The radio then informed me that The driver was In her early twenties Name being withheld until Notification of her next of Kin. I switched stations then To where a man was Singing, "I told the Daffodils that At last My heart's an Open book..." The traffic was bad too. Submitted by Ian
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