True story
THINKING BACK
I remember this well,
Coming back from Brighton.
Yet I didn't feel frightened,
Just before Brighton marina.
We had the Huntingdon killings,
With a dressed up passenger.
In the offside lane car in front,
Trying to pull off a stupid stunt.
Passenger of car acting a goof,
Started to open the sun roof.
Dressed up as the killer for fun;
Within his hands flaying about,
He stood up waving a gun.
Grasping the gun in both hands,
Pointed it at the man in the van.
I was thinking of ramming the car,
Dropping the gun won't get far.
As I got ready to ram he lowered the gun,
Then started to laugh, he did it for fun.
If the gun had been loaded,
Me feeling vexed l would've been next.
The car carried on on the coast road,
I took the rottingdean road round.
Called police after phone box was found,
Chased them by air as well as by ground.
Unmarked car's were waiting at address,
I called my boss told him what happened.
My life could have been at stake,
He said don't stay too long with the police;
You have some more deliveries to make!
The insurance wouldn't have covered me,
They would have classed it as ram raiding.
But I would have been covered by insurance,;
Crazy for everyone to see;
If he'd pointed the gun and shot me.
Poetry by Alan J Ripley
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Written on 2022-05-17 at 00:32
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