Toll Taking


Got a letter from the attorney the other day,
said I had some toll violations along the way.

I should take heed and pay up quick,
or my credit and reputation would take a lick.

It seems when I travel the road these days,
the county mountie takes a cut in sneaky ways.

With camera and computer they mark my path,
and if I don't pay up quick, I get their wrath.

Seems I didn't travel that way at all,
so I made the attorney a friendly call.

After much pressing 1 and 2 to reach the place,
a friendly old woman reviewed my case.

It seemed I'd violated in an egregious way.
I had no choice but to cough up and pay.

I told her I never in my life traveled that way,
I apologized for my anger and refused to pay.

Just got a notice texted to my phone today,
notifying me in red letters, SWAT is on the way.


Turnpike

Turnpike Tollgate Courtesy CrawfordPAHistory.blogspot.com

Little problems taken a toll on our time, our lives.
Issue was resolved after two hours on the phone. The
camera didn't catch my EZ tag. Charged the license
plate from when I set up the easy tag on my 1998 van
instead of my 2006 van with a new license plate. The
original turnpikes actually had pikes (spears) prevent-
ing entry, until they were turned away on wheels.

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