Memorial Day

Picnics didn’t cease when the dry pavement became coated in mash. Former life trickled and mixed with it while the cops tried to figure out what happened. A fat lady with a pretty face claimed a deer ran into the path of the truck carrying oranges so the driver swerved to miss it, hitting the Budweiser truck and forcing both off the road. The cop took notes while the paramedics placed two bodies on stretchers. The Lincoln arrived on the scene And the coroner jumped out. “They’re dead,” he said.  He handed the EMT some papers, signed his name and headed back to his golf game. “Let’s get this highway cleared,” said the cop, kicking a few broken Bud bottles off the pavement. “What a waste,” said a man in a dingy Monster truck t-shirt. “What a waste.” “Yeah,” the cop agreed, picking up a broken Bud. “Let’s get this highway cleared.”