Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 28, 2015
February 27, 2015
March 02, 2015
Transcript:
neighborhood of mystery a bare tree filled with plastic bags from stores that never were. a streetlight that goes dark when approached by the living. a house that weekly disgorged a pile of trash out of all pro-portion to its size. water sewer doorway t hell street markings that hint at some-thing more dire than utility work.
rayannina almost 10 years ago
Thompson must have been reading Neil Gaiman that day.
Sisyphos almost 10 years ago
Ohhh! I’ll buy that mystery! —Especially if it’s illustrated (like one of Edward Gorey’s little books of gleeful doom and cheery gloom).
puddlesplatt almost 10 years ago
that’s the house next door, I’ve been telling you about!
chromosome Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Plastic bags can be harvested from trees during the winter. That looks like a bumper crop.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Years ago on a bus route I drove, there was a street light that would go out when I went by in one of the modified Ford vans we used on lighter routes. If I happened to be driving a full-sized GM or Gillig bus, the streetlight stayed on as I passed it.One evening I drove down that street in my private vehicle, a Ford Bronco. The light went out as I passed. Something about Fords, I guess.