(Follow up to “Doin’ the Beach with Rufuz”)     

“Short Trip to the Beach”

No shells did we find,

But we did get a fine,

For taking the Jeep,

Where it didn’t belong,

Man, this has NOT been my week!

Thought being winter,

Taking the Jeep on the sand,

Would not be a problem,

But the ranger, he did take a stand,

And I, had to withhold my hands,

From knocking him into the wetlands.

Not a soul was there to see,

Neither north nor south for miles,

But this servant of the seagulls,

Had to make known his authority,

Over those with hair in my style.

His dislike for “long-haired hippies”,

He did vehemently display,

Hell, not even a please,

Would appease this public servant.

He was there to protect the preciousness of Nature,

And that I understood and applauded,

But it is legal for Jeeps and such to use the beach,

But only when licensed to do so.

No signs were there to warn,

Per the ranger, they were taken down to repaint,

Not my problem I made to state,

But the law is the law, signs or no,

So off to court I am to go…                                             (ed)