The Dark Side
“Giant venomous wasps from Japan have been killing bees near the Canadian border,” Brat Boy said, reading a story on his phone. “Just what we need.”
“Giant venomous wasps from Japan have been killing bees near the Canadian border,” Brat Boy said, reading a story on his phone. “Just what we need.”
“At least they’re not Peruvian slug rats,” I said. When Brat Boy and Blondie were little I had
called them slug rats because they scurried all over the house leaving a trail
of grubby slime everywhere they went.
“You have to laugh. Giant venomous wasps from Japan arriving
during a pandemic. It’s like a bad horror movie.”
“Did you see the story about Navy pilots seeing UFOs?” I
asked.
Brat Boy did laugh. We
spun tales of Godzilla and an army of slug rats battling the queen venomous
wasp and the alien army.
After a quiet moment, Brat Boy said, “It pays to have a dark
sense of humor.”
“In dark times, it truly does.”
Today I will find the humor in dark times.
Jury Duty © 2020 by Ken Montrose
Jury Duty is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the
characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.
Other works by Ken
Montrose are available at: www.greenbriartraining.com
https://www.pinterest.com/kenmontrose/mt-rose/
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