after returning home to africa a friend wrote don’t mean any offense but after studying history and seeing what’s recently transpired your nation has never been as advertised united
initially no visible symptoms of impending demise although patient’s prognosis was questionable due to prior illnesses however patient reported data implied there was no need for concern but an internal infection had continued to spread sepsis that soon involved all major organs severe sepsis until the nation was in septic shock a hapless victim of its own untreated choices
hovering
over
a hand painted sign
hawking
hostile oceanic items
hand whip stingray tails
guaranteed
to
vanquish
blood sucking vampires
thus
freeing
the land
from
such beastly pestilence
stood
the brown bag prophet
when
i
questioned
the
marketability
and
need
for
such items
the prophet
replied
that
the whips
were well received
in
the philippines
and
have had a strong demand
in
washington
these days
since
the price
was right
i
got one
and
several
premixed
spice packets
