Daniel S. Irwin

Road Tripping With My Gals

Yup, me and the law again.  Round trip crossin’ Kansas.
Got the lights, got the si-reen.  Got the mystified cop.
He say, “Sir, what the heck you doin’?  We have a speed limit.”
Hell, I thought those were highway markers.  Been on 55 forever.
He say, “Kinda dangerous, kids in the open bed of your truck.”
I got him there.  “That’s my wife and her twin sister.  They both 15.
That’s past the legal age to ride in back.  So, no problem there.
Got my girlfriend ridin’ in the cab with me.  She’s twelve.
Pops the tops for me and throws out my empties.
We headin’ out to Yellowstone.  Gonna try the sulfur baths.
Heard on the TV that natural hot baths were good for ya.
Figured, out there, they were free.”
Why do Kansas cops shake their head so much?

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