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>>> >> > > >A drunk man in an Oldsmobile
>>> >> > > >They said had "double sight"
>>> >> > > >That caused the six-car pileup
>>> >> > > >On The 401 that night.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >When broken bodies lay about
>>> >> > > >And blood was everywhere,
>>> >> > > >The sirens screamed out elegies,
>>> >> > > >For death was in the air.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >A mother, trapped inside her car,
>>> >> > > >Was heard above the noise;
>>> >> > > >Her plaintive plea near split the air:
>>> >> > > >"Oh, God, please spare my boys!"
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >She fought to loosen her pinned hands;
>>> >> > > >She struggled to get free,
>>> >> > > >But mangled metal held her fast
>>> >> > > >In grim captivity.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >Her frightened eyes then focused
>>> >> > > >On where the back seat once had been,
>>> >> > > >But all she saw was broken glass and
>>> >> > > >Two children's seats crushed in.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >Her twins were nowhere to be seen;
>>> >> > > >She did not hear them cry,
>>> >> > > >And then she prayed they'd been thrown free,
>>> >> > > >"Oh, God, don't let them die!"
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >Then firemen came and cut her loose,
>>> >> > > >But when they searched the back,
>>> >> > > >They found therein no little boys,
>>> >> > > >But the seat belts were intact.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >They thought the woman had gone mad
>>> >> > > >And was traveling alone,
>>> >> > > >But when they turned to question her,
>>> >> > > >They discovered she was gone.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >Policemen saw her running wild
>>> >> > > >And screaming above the noise
>>> >> > > >In beseeching supplication,
>>> >> > > >"Please help me find my boys!
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >They're four years old and wear blue shirts;
>>> >> > > >Their jeans are blue to match."
>>> >> > > >One cop spoke up, "They're in my car,
>>> >> > > >And they don't have a scratch.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >They said their daddy put them there
>>> >> > > >And gave them each a cone,
>>> >> > > >Then told them both to wait for Mom
>>> >> > > >To come and take them home.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >I've searched the area high and low,
>>> >> > > >But I can't find their dad.
>>> >> > > >He must have fled the scene,
>>> >> > > >I guess, and that is very bad."
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >The mother hugged the twins and said,
>>> >> > > >While wiping at a tear,
>>> >> > > >"He could not flee the scene, you see,
>>> >> > > >For he's been dead a year."
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >The cop just looked confused and asked,
>>> >> > > >"Now, how can that be true?"
>>> >> > > >The boys said, "Mommy, Daddy came
>>> >> > > >And left a kiss for you.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >He told us not to worry
>>> >> > > >And that you would be all right,
>>> >> > > >And then he put us in this car with
>>> >> > > >The pretty, flashing light.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >We wanted him to stay with us,
>>> >> > > >Because we miss him so,
>>> >> > > >But Mommy, he just hugged us tight
>>> >> > > >And said he had to go.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >He said someday we'd understand
>>> >> > > >And told us not to fuss,
>>> >> > > >And he said to tell you, Mommy,
>>> >> > > >He's watching over us."
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >The mother knew without a doubt
>>> >> > > >That what they spoke was true,
>>> >> > > >For she recalled their dad's last words,
>>> >> > > >"I will watch over you."
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >The firemen's notes could not explain
>>> >> > > >The twisted, mangled car,
>>> >> > > >And how the three of them escaped
>>> >> > > >Without a single scar.
>>> >> > > >
>>> >> > > >But on the cop's report was scribed,
>>> >> > > >In print so very fine,
>>> >> > > >An angel walked the beat tonight on The 401
>>> >> > > >"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare