Turnpike Tollgate Courtesy CrawfordPAHistory.blogspot.com 

Toll Taking

Got a letter from the attorney the other day,

said I had some toll violations along the way.

I should take heed and pay up quick,

or my credit and reputation would take a lick.

It seems when I travel the road these days,

the county mountie takes a cut in sneaky ways.

With camera and computer they mark my path,

and if I don't pay up quick, I get their wrath.

Seems I didn't travel that way at all,

so I made the attorney a friendly call.

After much pressing 1 and 2 to reach the place,

a friendly old woman reviewed my case.

It seemed I'd violated in an egregious way.

I had no choice but to cough up and pay.

I told her I never in my life traveled that way,

I apologized for my anger and refused to pay.

Just got a notice texted to my phone today,

notifying me in red letters, SWAT is on the way.

Copyright 2023 © Ronald W. Hull

9/14/23

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