- Speeding down Commercial Street
- on Thursday in the rain.
- I didn't see the camera
- that monitored my lane.
- I triggered it to double flash -
- was going far too fast.
- I had been in a hurry,
- and was feeling quite harassed.
- I thought no more about it
- 'til a letter made me pause:
- The police sent me a form
- enquiring who the driver was,
- Declared intent to prosecute
- for my excessive speed
- For fifty in a thirty limit -
- asking how I'd plead.
- They think they've got me bang to rights,
- but justice will prevail
- 'Cos I've devised a plan
- I think will keep me out of jail:
- Returning to the locus
- where the camera's set out;
- Reversing past at fifty
- so my tickets cancel out.____
by Albert Semple
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