They had a 100% turn-out for Gerald Ford’s swine flu shot.
The old people dying. Larry and I were in the check-out line
at the supermarket, talking. He and Hazel and Charly had come
on a visit. An old person behind us glared. He was retired military.
I said, “Yes, I like to spend the food stamps on the crown roasts and
the king crab legs. That leaves my cash free for beer and cigarettes.”
The retiree like to had apoplexy. Good. He’d been feeding at the public trough
his whole career. I like to mau-mau the flak-catchers.