now hear this and hear it now

beware of dinosaurs!
flirty party animals,
drop dead donors and night time moaners!

bright bald heads

and blues and reds

and sirens announcing
from far down the street
policemen wearing combat boots on their feet,
shooting balls of hateful heat:

big time cops walking the beat,

arresting everyone they'd meet!

lawn mowers

dads with leaf blowers

moms from the present tense

jumping the fence

teenage werewolves

totem pole fools

midnight garbage eaters

of course your parking meters

babies in soiled diapers

windshield wipers 

on the prowl

now hear this and hear it now:

they'll gladly arrest a Jersey cow

for utter exposure in the street;

it's not who you are but who you meet.

cross the line or dot the i

writing obituaries in the sky

popping pills to hide the chills.

beware of dinosaurs!

flirty party animals,

drop dead donors and night time moaners!

which way do you go

to find yourself 

in the land of innuendo?

in a cell

without a window.