Police - The Road Block Poem by Paul Warren

We sat on the side of the road in the hot sun
Putting up a cordon for their criminal run
The cars were stopped and we questioned all
About two men who took the safe out of the bank's hall

The local Cowell copper had surprised them and they had shot
At the lawman as they drove out of town speeding away in the lot
And the word was put out in the early hours to the area around
The bad men had got off the roads and had gone to ground

We had been there on the Cowell road all morning time
Until a utility drove up with the nervous driver not fine
So we questioned him but things didn't seem right
And became more suspicious of what he had been doing that night

The utility was searched some and a rifle was found
Along with some money in bank bundles around
It was one of the bandits and we had him cold
We arrested him there on the side of the road

The other bandit was caught on the other line
Shooting at the copper was wasn't smart at the time
Justice was done and they went to Green Bush Gaol
We had done our duty in that the Road Blocks didn't fail.

© Paul Warren Poetry