Life in the boonies is different. Got Ducks abound. Had to get rid of one Rooster, who kept awakening us at 4:00 am. No disgrace intended. Walk in the fore-morn (darkness), to auto, water surround. Maybe be those water snakes, who swim , I pray each morn, those creatures do not show their face, nor do I face any of those. I pray, they shall all swim away, and I do not see any of them. So far, it has worked. Damn!!, guess this means I have to go to "work" tommorrow! In the meanwhile, can you help me deal with the "spiders"?

-- Hell in a Handbasket (forthosewith@noears.com), September 20, 2000

Answers

Message received and decoded. Invasion of Cuba will begin tomorrow at 4:00 AM. Over and Out.

-- CIA Operative 147-AA (hmm@hmm.hmm), September 20, 2000.

Gather up some hedgeballs and scatter them through your house-under the furniture ,in the back of cabinets.Repels spiders.If you don't know what hedgeballs are, you better move back to town.

-- Sam (wtrmkr52@aol.com), September 20, 2000.

Try AA.

-- boozer (drunk@bottle.com), September 21, 2000.

At night, the sun shines very bright-as i walk off the edge of the moon I see jupiter ans saturn fighting for position-seems saturn wants to be closer to the soon, and big ol' jupiter is not about to let this happen. I poner the infinite wisdom of a titmouse-you know, that small bird who hides in its kaleidoscope eyes the notion of god sitting down having a caffe latte with that guy you used to see hanging around the town ark, seemingly homeless, who you found out later on was actually a millionaire and owned the amusement park in the next state over-quite a revelation to a young herat set on the trip to Bhutan-simply because it the name was such a neat name you just had to go there-you figured, if there was not a national geographic article about it yet there would be soon-so, drink coke, have an almond joy, and watch the blackbirds roll on by.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), September 21, 2000.

Thank you Future, for your support. My type of abstract writing was popular in the 60's and 70's. Most folks understood it then, and did not "stone" one who tried to blend reality into a real life situation. Unlike the harsh words that appear above my head, from one human to another. Thank you for your kindness. "Speed".

-- Hell in a Handbasket (forthosewith@noears.com), September 21, 2000.

You mean we invaded Cuba for nothing? Damn.

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), September 21, 2000.