"highway incident"

faster and faster over the concrete ribbon speeds the rocketing mass of glass and steel gasoline and human cargowhither bound and why at ninety m. p. h.? ask the brain which sits behind the wheel twin beams cut into the velvet nightilluminate the six lane boulevard designed for safety-safety glass in windshield and each window-safety tubes in tires the radio plays softly-inside the all steel body all is well the night rushing by at ninety m. p. h.

gosh a'mighty, pop, we're sure movin' holy gee-ninety-hot dog john, dear, don't you think we'd best slow down? after all, you know, no hurry ah, don't worry-this baby's built for speedsafe, too-boy, can she move what's that ahead? my Godlook out!

While blinding crash-safety glass and twisted steel shiny gadgets weapons now steering post rammed right through papa's chestall is silent the woman moans now and junior's head lies quite near the rest of him calling patrol cars nine three and two four accident on boulevard-routine investigation that is all Any witnesses here? cover up them bodies, jake-okay, here's the meat wagon-hey, doc, the woman's still alive that traffic movin', joe crash-musta' been doin' a hunnerd an' twenny here for if it makes you puke? get goin'

keep you saw the listen, you, whadda you stop

White walls and internes all in whiteall is white, even the faces instruments gleam-very sharply the sharp white light nurses, doctors moving swiftly-automatons in rubber gloves and masks of the hospital noiseless wheels move-emergency room-surgery-the wards we would not like to see inside the white cans in surgery three

but the in the smell

Telegrams and phone calls-long distance and relatives long they come and they go-dazedjohn lies in the morgue and you'd not know him-but it is said that morticians can do wonders these days the little boy, too he was so cute with his curly mop of hair all night calling patrol cars two three and nine four another accident on boulevardroutine investigation ah, nuts, joe that's us again hope this one's not as bad as the lastthat guy really musta been movin'guess the truck didn't have lights-or something-who knows? if that dame lives it's gonna be tough how a woman looks with a wooden leg