The Absorption (Part 5)
Written by David J. Greenspan
Article published in Longmeadow Neighbors (April 2022)
Sprong sprengs as spring sprang and sprung. If you received Richard Quickley’s pamphlet Get Rich Quick in the mail, you’ll receive Got Rich Quick really soon. Every time I go near the monkey cages at the zoo I step in Rhesus pieces. The agony and ecstasy of painting one’s bathroom is like an Edy’s pie, so take a bite. Lemon shark sounds delicious, I wonder if they contain a high level of Vitamin C? A baby dinosaur was found in the stomach of a fossilized 93 million-year-old crocodile. In 93 million years, I wonder if people will still consume chicken shaped bells, boots & dinosaurs?
Once upon a time there lived a multi-generational family of mice who dwelled in a warehouse abandoned by a beverage manufacturer. They left a lot of equipment behind, and once they left, the mice started making carbonated beverages.
They fell into two camps. One drank sparkling water from established wells and the others liked surface water seltzer. Over time they created a new beverage which threatened coffee and tea markets worldwide with cups of caffeinated carbonation known as Mighty Moxie.
A mouse at the open house scared prospective buyers until a group of influencers purchased the property. Led by Mice Tyson, Jerry Mice, and The Mice Girls, the influencers intended to transform it into the studio of influence. They laid out large bowls of cat food throughout the property. The next day, all the food disappeared. For a few weeks full bowls were left at night, empty by day. The influencers were dismayed by their inability to lure strays to the site so they adopted a family of feral cats.
The cats and mice went from foes, fren-emies, to fast friends. Peace and harmony swept through the industrial park. as the mice enticed the cats with plenty of hoarded food and nutrient-rich mouthfuls of a mice-infused beverage called Mineral Mouse. Someone told me that Lou Thesz once said there’ll be days like this, there’ll be days like this Lou Thesz said.
