Don't fall out of bed

If click-it or ticket is a certainty
Then seatbelts in place is where to be,
But if you're stuck
On the bed of a truck
Then a crash may vault you to eternity.

Daily headlines inspire the poet in Joe Gedan, a retired U.S. magistrate judge who lives in Honolulu. His observations on the news appear on Sundays and Fridays. gedan@hawaii.rr.com