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Secret Squirrel's avatar

You really are the current Dickens.

“I once found myself marooned in Hackney Wick. Outside the Tube station, a free verse poem about Palestine insults a helpless brick wall. Seeking refuge in a warehouse-style pub, a green-haired sylph ignored my order. “You should try this one from Queer Brewing.” Yes, it was gluten-free. Across the chilly, steel expanse, beached on a deliberately distressed table of scaffolding poles and boards, sat a forty-something hipster in Dickies overalls. He suggested his girlfriend’s ‘bad vibe’ was due to ‘mercury in retrograde”

I mean, what additional evidence do we need? Thank you, Christopher. Your writing is such a pleasure to read.

On a personal note, I was truly flat chested up till I hit menopause. 36A. No bra required. Now I have these annoying 36Bs that are always in the way. And I never sought special help to *achieve* them thru Wishful thinking,

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ZuZu’s Petals's avatar

“….Wellness Officers patrol the desolate streets, swinging ethically sourced wooden clubs over the heads of climate deniers and those guilty of ‘not reading the vibes.’ “. To say I laughed immoderately at this would be an understatement. Brilliant.

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painedumonde's avatar

Her milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard... subsidized by the taxes of the people and the Greens!

Think of it, assembly lines...

It would give Hobart a run for the money.

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Steve McKennon's avatar

Yes, now gaze around the interior of your box and I want you to see Italian marble instead of cardboard… do you see it? Good. Thank you depth perception for seeing it go all the way to a nice wall painted in sage green…

I think you are right, he deserves all our votes! hahaha

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Eric F. ONeill's avatar

Funniest thing I’ve read in weeks!

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