Passing Through Airport Security
Passing Through Airport Security
By Elton Camp
A sign on the wall had this to say:
New security measures begin today
Due to terrorism they’ll commence
To be done a way much more intense
My turn came. I found what they mean
We can use this new scanning machine.
But radiation from it you’re sure to get
And we don’t know the effect of it yet.
In the picture it takes, you’ll look nude
We hope you won’t think it’s too crude
The only ones your image will now see
Behind a screen, out of sight, they’ll be
If you come to hear a laugh or a sneer
They don’t see your name, so never fear
If that is not something you want to do
We can give a search and pass you thru
“Ok, then give me a pat-down and see.
Really, how much safer that must be.”
Oh, but then to my complete surprise
I felt a hand probing between my thighs
The security officer went behind my back
I felt his hand going right down my crack
I began to wonder if next I would find
A probe was being inserted up my behind
If I was wearing a big turban atop my head
And was muttering, “I wish infidels dead,”
Then such a search would sure be justified
And for such high-risk people be supplied
But surely there must be some better way
To guard against terrorism faced today
If not, even when a trip takes you far,
Consider going by bus or train or car
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2010
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