Tuesday, November 06, 2012

It can't happen here

The year is 2036. Packs of feral dogs roam the streets of Denver, scouring the destitute downtown for their next meal: probably some poor vagrant bastard, if Those Who Dwell Below haven't beat them to it. A lone scream in the distance pierces the eery silence.

"What happened here?" a young girl asks her father, scanning the hellscape. "Where did all the people go?"

Nothing.

The father turns a dial on the hovercraft, appearing to have not heard the question, his face expressionless. As he brings the vessel to a stop, he takes a deep breath, sighing as he wipes the sweat from his brow. How to explain?

"They -- they legalized marijuana," he says flatly, pressing his temples. "Reefer, Annie. The bloody fools!"

4 comments:

  1. LOL.

    On the upside, though: hovercrafts!

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  2. Anonymous9:12 AM

    Was it a result of the feds turning Colorado into a war zone to make sure they were complying with federal law?

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  3. Man, I want to hear the rest of that story!! That's even better than zombies.

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  4. Too bad they're full of eels, Picador.

    Of course, reading this makes me grateful that OR, my state of residence, dodged the wild dogs by saying a firm "NO!" to State-Approved Reefer Madness. Praise Jeebus and pass the Prozac™.

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