Thursday, January 24, 2019

the death of angel


by nick nelson

illustrated by eddie el greco





i ordered the biggest chicken sandwich in the world
to show that i was a real human
but the three doofus cowboys came up behind me
so i crossed over to the post office

nobody wanted to tell the world famous anthropologist
that angel had died the night before
katie had served him faithfully for fifteen years
but she was visiting her grandmother in laredo texas

it is supposed to rain this afternoon
so that will give us a good excuse
not to attend the lecture on the history of prayer mats
that we have all dreaded for the past three weeks

it seems strange that angel is finally gone
after annoying us all these many years
i remember he liked chocolate ice cream the best
but never cared for any kind of hot sauce



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