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 about 9 years ago
Thompson must have been reading Neil Gaiman that day.
Sisyphos about 9 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 about 9 years ago
that’s the house next door, I’ve been telling you about!
chromosome Premium Member about 9 years ago
Plastic bags can be harvested from trees during the winter. That looks like a bumper crop.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 9 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.