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The host was peculiar
and hugged the microphone
as if it were his lightening rod,
his ticket to ride somewhere,
his baton of power. We were
pretty sick of his bantering
about nothing in particular.
.
In closing, he said, "Just two
more minutes, and I'll let
you go on with your meaningless
lives." Insults always work
with a bored audience. Suddenly,
he lost a lot of ears as we
broke out into small conversation
groups.
.
Two minutes passed, three. Four
made it two more minutes than we
were hoping for. Still, for an
incredibly bad soap box stander,
we survived to make it to the first
course of watery soup in gold
coated spoons and a first course
using somewhat tarnished flatware
that had little bits of green stuck
between the prongs.
.
Lady A
02-10-17
808a
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