the party lights behind you

even

if you've been traveling

at a safe

speed,

using your signal

at each turn,

with not a drop of alcohol

in your body,

still,

even then you get 

the butterflies

in your stomach when

you see the red

and blue party lights

of a cop car

lit up

behind you.

you slide over and say

whew,

wiping your brow

as they fly

past you to catch someone

else.