I LOVE POLICE, SHERRIFS & HIGHWAY PATROL (me!) sandra, tvgp
oh my... terrible flashback..on stage.. southgate elementary school... 4th grade? spelling bee... packed auditorium
"Sherrif. S. H. E. R.R I. F. . Sherrif."
[ LOUD LOSER BUZZER SOUND]
and I sat back... down.. and out.
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..so much easier to talk write; than spell -right.
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now, I had to pinch myself; for real! I had to know.. am I awake? is this -real? -because every car, truck, motorcycle, bus..
every single automobile on 580 was driving about the same speed...
?
no one was speeding, zipping in and out..
no one was rage tailgating, bullying the car in front of them to move out of the way..
there was a harmony; especially beautiful around the S curve portion of the highway..
a peace and harmony and certain synchronized way everyone was driving together across the span of 5 lanes that seemed absolutely surreal
so I did. I pinched my skin.
-this is how we can know.. feel a little pain... it is not a dream.
and so, I marveled for a moment..
a fleeting.. like, what if it could be like this every day? how beautiful...
and just about the same nanosecond the question arose inside me,
the answer appeared:
a highway patrol vehicle.
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oh, what sudden onset of manners all the drivers get..
what sudden respect for speed limits, blinker-usage.
how much more calm it all becomes.. and safe.
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until
"no, no.. please don't exit! don't go...!"
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and then everyone returns to -as my brother describes it:
the ONLY I MATTER club
where each isolated member, uses the very way they drive to say screw you and get out MY f'in way... or else!
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and we can't, in any detailed way, say, I would like my tax money to go towards this, but not that..
but if I could,
Dear IRS,
you know those $25 month payments I've been making forever.. all the taxes I ever have, and ever will pay:
"to law enforcement officers!"
Thank You! and God Bless...
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posted by SHE @ 6:45 AM
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