how to escape from prison

the first thing

you think of when going to prison,

is how's the food here,

the second thing

is how can i escape.

is it possible to dig a hole,

or chisel out

a wall

with a plastic spork,

or hop the barbed wire

fence

before the guards

and dogs find you,

and the searchlight

swings around.

can i fake an illness and be

sent to the infirmary,

maybe steal a doctor's

scrubs

and go out the back door

pushing a gurney

full of potatoes

in the shape of an inmate.

so much to think of as

the cop car

with his party lights on behind

me,

pulls me over

for running a yellow light.