and so off to the blue note we went,
found some interesting people to talk
to, closed the bar, i think that was the
first time i ever did that, closed a late-
night bar, i mean, and at four-thirty you
drove me home down milwaukee ave
and i know it angles, and you can see
the traffic light for oncoming traffic
as easily as you can see your own light,
but i’m sure the light was green, and not
red like the cops said, when they pulled
you over. you could have been in big
trouble that night, no insurance, no city
registration sticker, a michigan driver’s
license when you’d lived in illinois for
over a year now, a cracked windshield,
running a red light, probably intoxicated.
so they brought us to the station at five a.m.,
and all they did was write you a ticket,
and they gave me a business card, said if we
had any problems to give them a call.
you drove me home, and the cops met
us there, too, hitting on me again, and
although we both agreed that the night
was a lot of fun, even with the involvement
of the fourteenth precinct, i still believe
that damn light wasn’t even red.
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