Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Pop!

The year is 1919.
The body count is 21.
The killer is a tidal wave of 2 million gallons of molasses moving at 35 mph.

Two of the victims were children no older than 10. They drowned in molasses. Rescuers had to trudge through city streets waist deep in the viscous byproduct of processed sugar cane. Couldn't have happened to a better city...And not a single sunburn was suffered that day.

Coincidence?
I'm just asking questions.

1 comment:

  1. The year is 2010.
    The white canvas boating shoe count is two.
    The killer is an emergency brake pad turned into rubber syrup by heat and time and circumstance.

    /Pop!

    "Don't be thick with me, Al."
    /8-foot baseline fadeaway with a hand in his face

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