By LaJuan

The old man died and left his massive bankroll.

His lawyer came to headquarters to fulfill the goal.

The LA County Fire Department got the whole

As long as each firestation installed a sliding pole.

It made no difference it was against protocol

For one-story stations to have their own Maypole.

Admin wanted the dough so they gave up control

And greedily took the inherited money roll.

Station 51 A-shift found a fully installed pole

After returning from the fire at the Hollywood Bowl.

Getting out of the vehicles they took a stroll

Trying to determined the purpose of the brass pole.

Chet, while teasing his favorite Seminole,

Said they could make it into a totem pole.

Cap, while scratching his head, in his leading role

Thought they could use a new telephone pole.

Mike surmised, if it was outside, it would be a fine flagpole.

Marco said with added hardware it could be a light pole.

Roy suggested it could replace their resident beanpole.

Johnny snorted, turned and went to find a jelly roll.

Days later Chet and Johnny’s argument got out of control

Over dinner and the merit of Mike’s chicken casserole

Running away, Chet was shouting and ran into the pole.

Roy, in treating him, had the others help him do a logroll.

Releasing Chet with a slight concussion, Brackett was droll

Telling stories of firefighter injuries from the various poles.

Seeing a trend, Cap called headquarters and they did a poll

And a decision was made by the committee of the whole.

Station 51 A-shift found a fully removed pole

After returning from the fire they finally got under control.

To keep the money one-story stations had to have a sliding pole

Being the escape from the hose tower was their new role.

2006

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