Chapter 1
ForumThe Haunted Soda: A Yarn in 3 Parts by the Literati of LT
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stolen, years ago, from Sonny Rollins.
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It was an unusual instrument,
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to send shivers down your spine
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soon realized I needed a drink!
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bottle of gin! I began
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to make my way toward
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the hallway bathroom. There I
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awake, again and in need
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use a jar of mayonnaise
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nipped me on the ankle.
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so much. I bent down
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and rubbed away the pain
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little toad I had so
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often shared my alcohol with?
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always looked forward to a
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good binge or to booze
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Abandonment from what, I can't
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crimes went unwitnessed, and reason
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much like the sun setting
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that passed for my body
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hungover, I made my way
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milk, which she had not
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deigned to share with the
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neighbor's pet ferret. The saxaphone
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was covered with blood and
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picked it up with a
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affair filled with lots of
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reconciliations. Mary, my intended victim,
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soda magnate, "Pops" Fizzoli, who
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was a well-known Coke dealer.
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after he and Sonny Rollins
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left the Jesuit seminary in
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with a cheddar-wheel incident. Mary
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loved her father greatly, but
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that was a lifetime ago.
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Velveeta anyway. I looked down
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were definitely not my cup
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flotsam - or is it jetsam? -
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a hand gripped my wrist.
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of rising terror, filling my
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remembered that bottle of gin,
(Later: moved by pity for the English language, we alter the above to stashed the gin and fled.
(Later: moved by pity for the English language, we alter the above to stashed the gin and fled.
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I poured it over the
Argh! the ground is shifting beneatth my feet make that
The horror that was a
Fogies I will get you for this.
Argh! the ground is shifting beneatth my feet make that
The horror that was a
Fogies I will get you for this.
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could break the queasy silence
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to drink. Maybe a soda
(Simon #112 We are all humble acolytes who serve a master more powerful than even
FSM. Let us approach her altar in harmony.)
(Simon #112 We are all humble acolytes who serve a master more powerful than even
FSM. Let us approach her altar in harmony.)
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was really just a soda
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But a soda led to
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Then my awful nightmares started...
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and said, "Come follow me."
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"I know a great bar."
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where no holds and handguns
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They called it the Ocracoke
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toes had to be bitten
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slowly at first, with relish,
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of my downfall: the bar.
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is as warm as a
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dead raccoon on the side
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I was immediately presented with
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a soup bowl. Noodle soup!
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The papiermache` mini orangutang perched
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spoon laughed at my shock.
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I blinked my eyes again.
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brassiere was hanging from a
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, by the cop who came
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To drown it in gin
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but I only had soda.
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sardines -- the breakfast of champions!
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The Senator's sudden appearance caused
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But even a lobster couldn't
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satisfy my hunger for truth
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. What happened to my Mary?
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, or merely borrow it? I
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with Mr. Smithers before she
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married the Seantor. We were
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But, all of a sudden,
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to Mary's hold on
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Soda in hand, I left
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Nightmare of Elton John's bathroom.
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a bad acid trip, like
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energically massaging her tired calves,
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but that's an udder story.
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Awake, on the sidewalk, I
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a pitchfork in his hand.
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eyed me froggily, and dealt
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with Mary, who was again
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sunk in a complete stupor
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but, at least, was with
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it." It was Smithers speaking.
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, Smithers asked for it again.
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His little webbed knees shook.
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a slab of virgin Pancetta.
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He dropped faster than a
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for the gun, shot out
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and fell instead flatly on
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my discarded soda can, which
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and liquid metal. Instinctively, I
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toward the subway entrance. Smithers
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sidewalk, still clutching the can
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with all his mighty strength
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and disappeared into the entrance.
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the station entrance was blocked
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hot coffee in my hand?
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This is Caramel Cinnamon Macchiato!"
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with a growing sense of
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dread. Smithers had left a
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the forbidden can of soda
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and its unexpected, sinister behavior.
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about the revolver I still
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concealed in my bulging pockets
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the possessed soda can could?
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Mary was quicker. She held
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a flask of holy water.
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the whereabouts of a certain
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. "Sweet Michael Chertoff," I thought.
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over to the nearby jukebox
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and asked me to dance.
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and took up the challenge.
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we were neglecting Smithers' predicament.
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So I left, knowing Mary
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subway tunnel. The walls echoed
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my harried steps. I was
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martini glass, but at least
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an approaching subway softly roared
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and belched black smoke while
