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The Hangman
The hangman was threatening to hang himself. The townspeople saw this and quickly called for the sheriff of the little town, but the sheriff had locked herself behind bars.
She called the locksmith, but then a second later, her cellmate answered. The locksmith was the cellmate, stripped of any tools. The other officers were out at a K-9 tail-chasing contest. Eventually, the sheriff had her momentary cellmate order a pizza.
By the time the delivery man arrived, the pizza box was empty. When questioned, the delivery man only stated that the pizza was his last meal.
The delivery man was escorted to the gallows by two of the town's finest harlots. The hangman was there waiting. The news crews were already filming each other, and the townspeople were waging war against themselves. Birds flew amuck. A wind conjured a vacuum. The two harlots pleasured themselves. At the cue to the priest blessing himself with a dry altar vessel, the hangman hung himself.
The hangman entered a barren room. He was lured by the makeup mirror lined with bulbs of blinding white. Inside was a hall of mirrors moving to and fro like a train. A passenger with a crooked neck gazed out a window that kept disappearing just as quickly as it was reappearing.
