Saturday, May 23, 2009

Blood, The Pool Cue, and the Parking Place

By Jim Parks

Because everyone gets sick at the same time, there were almost no parking places available at the VA Hospital.

A white man in a pickup and a Mexican in an ancient station wagon vied for the same slot, nearly slamming fenders. The white man grabed a sawed-off pool cue and menaced the Mexican. The Mexican took it, fed it to him - blunt end first.

The cops confronted the Mexican about the fight.

What fight?

They showed him the pool cue, the blood on the pavement.

I laughed.

"What's so funny?"

"Whoever designed this parking lot. He showed his ass pretty good. "

(100 words)

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