After
church my car was gone, so I
went to the cops to report
it stolen, but they had it
impounded.

    I came
from revolutionary
Black Muslim South Chicago
so my license plate
was suspect.

    They tore
out the naugahyde back seat
but found no dope no guns no
ammo nothing but
gumwrappers.

    That time
I paid forty-eight dollars
to have my station wagon
searched in Madison,
Wisconsin.

    Then I
got a sixty-five dollar
ticket for littering the
intersection of
4th & Grande.

    "Your car
must've wandered down the hill.
Use your emergency brake
next time you come here,
lady."