Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for May 30, 2017

The abortionist and executioner joints.

Apauled and Apetered

He’s just a hunka – hunka burnin’ love!

All he did was sing, “C’mon baby, light my fire!”

He didn’t quite get the concept that you should carry a torch, not be one.

She was a torch singer, and he got too close…

I’ll quit now.

Are we talking about self-love?

From what I was told, your eyes would cross and hair would grow in strange places.

Fire was not one of the options.

… the kind that doesn’t feel any better when it stops.

I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher.

And it burns, burns burns, that ring of fire, that ring of fire.

- Ring of Fire: June Carter, Merle Kilgore

Excepted from 101 ways to prepare a Kilgore Trout, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

A Kiss or Spontaneous Combustion.

Anything for attention..

And after the fiery Phoenix has been thoroughly immolated, he travels east to Tortilla Flat to wrap things up.

My favorite part was “T”

Ah yes! The noble abnegation of every selfish thought and desire. We only hope we beat the odds and the object of our love is at least somewhat deserving in the long run.

Nice use of a douchey strip to illustrate the example.

“Great Balls of Fire”

I’ve been called a flaming __________ more than once !

He met his match.

Relax, kiddo! We do not practice suttee in this country, not for guys, not literally nor figuratively.

Johnny Cash notwithstanding.

That said, yeah, one can get burnt by"love" gone bad….

Love is… never having to ask for a fire extinguisher.

…no “Hearts Afire”?

They use to carry that strip here once.

“No.” she said, “We are not doing this. Everything you have said has been a lie. Had you pants, they would be in flames. Shikigami is not a word in my vocabulary, so you didn’t come out of my subconscious. I am not in any distress or experiencing any hardship or misadventure. I don’t know what you are or why you are here. Are you stalling for some reason? Do you hope to distract me long enough to trick me into something? You should just go now. I’m not playing your game. There is nothing for you here.”

You say self-immolation like it’s a bad thing.

Love is like a flame, it burns you when it’s hot. Love hurts……OOOH love hurts.