"Mrs. Vanderbilt?"
"Yes?"
"We were just calling
To inform you that Brooklyn

Wasn't in school today."

Puzzlement.
"But she left this morning."
"Sorry ma'am.That's all I know."
"Thank you. I'll look into it."
"You're welcome."
I hang up the phone
And grab my purse.
I tell the secretary
I'm leaving for lunch.
I can't believe
Brooklyn would do this.
I'm a lawyer,
She knows I'm busy
And don't have time
For games.
I get in my red Porsche.
I hear the alcohol
Calling my name.
I drive home
Only to be met by
A band of police
Out front.
What did that girl do?
I run up the drive,
"What's going on?"
I demand.
The officer ask who I am
And tell him I live there.
He says to come with him.
I'd never be less prepared
For anything in my entire life.
He told me what happened
And gave me the note.
Said they were identifying
The other girl.
I broke down
And cried.