Highway 109

Rainband · #1 Postby **Rainband** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:53 pm

>HIGHWAY 109
>A drunk man in an Oldsmobile
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>They said had run the light
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>That caused the six-car pileup
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>On 109 that night.
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>When broken bodies lay about
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>And blood was everywhere,
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>The sirens screamed out elegies,
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>For death was in the air.
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>A mother, trapped inside her car,
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>Was heard above the noise;
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>Her plaintive plea near split the air:
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>"Oh, God, please spare my boys!"
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>She fought to loose her pinned hands;
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>She struggled to get free,
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>But mangled metal held her fast
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>In grim captivity.
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>Her frightened eyes then focused
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>On where the back seat once had been,
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>But all she saw was broken glass and
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>Two children's seats crushed in.
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>Her twins were nowhere to be seen;
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>She did not hear them cry,
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>And then she prayed they'd been thrown free,
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>"Oh, God, don't let them die!"
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>Then firemen came and cut her loose,
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>But when they searched the back,
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>They found therein no little boys,
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>But the seat belts were intact.
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>They thought the woman had gone mad
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>And was traveling alone,
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>But when they turned to question her,
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>They discovered she was gone.
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>Policemen saw her running wild
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>And screaming above the noise
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>In beseeching supplication,
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>"Please help me find my boys!
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>They're four years old and wear blue shirts;
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>Their jeans are blue to match."
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>One cop spoke up,
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>"They're in my car,
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>And they don't have a scratch.
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>They said their daddy put them there
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>And gave them each a cone,
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>Then told them both to wait for Mom
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>To come and take them home.
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>I've searched the area high and low,
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>But I can't find their dad.
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>He must have fled the scene,
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>I guess, and that is very bad."
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>The mother hugged the twins and said,
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>While wiping at a tear,
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>"He could not flee the scene, you see,
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>For he's been dead a year."
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>The cop just looked confused and asked,
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>"Now, how can that be true?"
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>The boys said, "Mommy, Daddy came
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>And left a kiss for you.
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>He told us not to worry
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>And that you would be all right,
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>And then he put us in this car with
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>The pretty, flashing light.
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>We wanted him to stay with us,
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>Because we miss him so,
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>But Mommy, he just hugged us tight
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>And said he had to go.
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>He said someday we'd understand
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>And told us not to fuss,
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>And he said to tell you, Mommy,
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>He's watching over us."
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>The mother knew without a doubt
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>That what they spoke was true,
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>For she recalled their dad's last words,
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>"I will watch over you."
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>The firemen's notes could not explain
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>The twisted, mangled car,
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>And how the three of them escaped
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>Without a single scar.
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>But on the cop's report was scribed,
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>In print so very fine,
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>An angel walked the beat tonight
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>On Highway 109.
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>"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare ."

blizzard · #2 Postby **blizzard** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:04 pm

Awesome Rainband....heard it before but you can never read stories such as this enough. Thanks

southerngale · #3 Postby **southerngale** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:06 pm

Wow! I've got tears rolling down my face.

Thanks for sharing Johnathan.

Rainband · #4 Postby **Rainband** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:18 pm

southerngale wrote:Wow! I've got tears rolling down my face.

Thanks for sharing Johnathan.

Your welcome Kelly and Blizzard :wink:

I had tears too

#5 Postby **Stephanie** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:03 pm

I just got goosebumps! That was beautiful Johnathan - thanks for sharing it!

Rainband · #6 Postby **Rainband** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:23 pm

Stephanie wrote:I just got goosebumps! That was beautiful Johnathan - thanks for sharing it!

Thanks stephanie..I did too!

ColdFront77 · #7 Postby **ColdFront77** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:24 pm

One main reason why drinking alcohol causes problems that can be avoided.

Rainband · #8 Postby **Rainband** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:00 pm

ColdFront77 wrote:One main reason why drinking alcohol causes problems that can be avoided.

Drinking and driving is a bad combination....alcohol doesn't cause people to drink and drive it's their ignorance. I drink but never drive when doing so. :wink:

ColdFront77 · #9 Postby **ColdFront77** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:02 pm

Most beverages don't cause damage to body parts, such as the liver, in alcohol's case.

Why would someone want to drink a liquid that makes them feel awful, say things they wouldn't otherwise say and/or get among all things a hangover the next day??

Colin · #10 Postby **Colin** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:23 pm

Wow, awesome...thanks for sharing!

#11 Postby **Stephanie** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:23 pm

ColdFront77 wrote:Most beverages don't cause damage to body parts, such as the liver, in alcohol's case.

Why would someone want to drink a liquid that makes them feel awful, say things they wouldn't otherwise say and/or get among all things a hangover the next day??

Because it's fun!!! :lol:

Seriously, you do "feel good" when you're drinking and more relaxed - in moderation, of course! :wink:

ColdFront77 · #12 Postby **ColdFront77** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:35 pm

Stephanie wrote:Because it's fun!!!

Seriously, you do "feel good" when you're drinking and more relaxed - in moderation, of course!

I have fun without "having to drink beer."

Even in moderation, something is happening with it and the human body which can lead to problems.

Out of my parents and four siblings, only two out of the seven of us have ever drank alcohol, my father and oldest brother.

Also, the worse thing to drink when it is hot and humid is beer. People enjoy "relaxing in hot sun with a beer."

Rainband · #13 Postby **Rainband** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:48 pm

ColdFront77 wrote:Most beverages don't cause damage to body parts, such as the liver, in alcohol's case.

Why would someone want to drink a liquid that makes them feel awful, say things they wouldn't otherwise say and/or get among all things a hangover the next day??

anything in excess is bad :wink:

GalvestonDuck · #14 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:02 pm

I LOVE being the designated driver! A few of the bars give DD's free Diet Cokes. I get to drive some awesome cars. And I get to take good looking people home and put them to bed. :wink:

(And, yes, I only mean that I put them to bed...nothing more.)

I drink once in a blue moon...but usually Kahlua and milk, which is pretty tame (and too darned expensive!). Can't stand beer. Not big on hard liquor. Wine is only good with a meal, but I prefer to have something I can really drink like water or Diet Pepsi. You can only sip wine, so it's not good for me.

And I'm ashamed to say that I know the date of the first and last time I ever got intoxicated...July 4, 2003...at age 35...in the company of people I trusted to remain sober and get me home safe (although I had originally sworn that I would not get drunk until Osama Bin Laden was declared dead). We wanted to find out if I was a grumpy drunk, a happy drunk, an affectionate drunk, or what. I'm a sleepy drunk. :wink:

So, that won't happen again. I prefer to stay in control...and awake.

What I can't understand is why people like to burn something and then breathe in the smoke.

sunnyday · #15 Postby **sunnyday** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:05 pm

Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a little man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish, he'd go away.
This one spooks my kids!!!

Highway 109

Highway 109

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