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Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for May 31, 2023
Transcript:
neighborhood of mystery a bare tree filled with plastic bags from stores that never were. a streetlight that goes dark when approached by the living. a house that weekly disgorges a pile of trash out of all pro-portion to its size. water sewer doorway to hell street markings that hint at some-thing more dire than utility work.
Cpeckbourlioux almost 2 years ago
We have a streetlight like that.
jmcenanly almost 2 years ago
Since Richard Thompson was based in Washington, D.C., I can see where doorways to Hell might be a worry for street maintenance.
sb.3237 almost 2 years ago
We have a neighbor down the street that has that trash out every week!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 2 years ago
One of my all-time favorites here. The tree that must switch around different universes to get those store bags from other realities. Where the mini-hellmouth is. What about the heavenly mouth? The odd house with the red lights and the digging and the large amounts of trash from where? I do so miss Richard since 2010 when he died and 2006 when he could no longer draw his wonderful ideas.
Sisyphos almost 2 years ago
I have surely lived at one time or another in The Neighborhood of Mystery….