Out Ran Two Cops, Fooled One

Red Feather Lakes, Colorado…two times….
coming out of the barrel…the local tavern
in my Celica with the hot engine….I saw
the lights go on as I passed them…gunned it…flew
past a truck resting at the stop sign….90+
to the dirt road. They probably didn’t even chase me.

On that same dirt road, going home fast, passed the chief
of police going the other way…he stopped…I knew he saw
me…so, I stopped immediately. He came up to me, purring
by the side of the road.

He: “I could put you in jail for six months for this.”

Me: “I hope you don’t.”

He: “Why were you going so fast?”

Me: “I know the road.”

After a brief convulsive octopus, he let me go. I knew I had him.