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Clouds were gathering as he spoke.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX says,
robbed bank, caught red-handed, shot dead.Loon says,
Or so those rotten motherfuckers thought.MrsPremise says,
Looked both ways, scanned grocery list.MsKillie says,
"I just want sushi!" he screamed.JAD says,
Trying to do memoirs, he's talking.BanjoDan says,
he's talking about the gathering cloudsBelieve says,
Clouds that seem to follow him.catsmeow says,
The bank, the store, the sushi-bar.Mourningdove says,
Light rain begins, misting his glasses.BanjoDan says,
and then, someone taps his shouldercatsmeow says,
"Do you need help?" she asked.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX says,
the bank, the shushi bar, foodstampsMrsPremise says,
"Where'd I put my damned rewards card?"Believe says,
His wallet spills onto the floormarymc says,
and that's when the insanity began.Jujeebal says,
A clown appears, talking gibberish, pointingMrsPremise says,
and mocking a forty year-old condom.Jujeebal says,
in his younger days, he wascatsmeow says,
an undercover agent for the CIA.marymc says,
Familiar with undercover work, he knewRainhaMom says,
clowns were spies, and sushi wasBanjoDan says,
actually a camera with photos ofBevvie says,
mimes and dolls in compromising posesJujeebal says,
along with strange looking clouds. TheseMrsPremise says,
pictures were proof of missing heiressRainhaMom says,
to the Rubber Chicken fortune,whoRainhaMom says,
to the Rubber Chicken fortune,whoRainhaMom says,
to the Rubber Chicken fortune,whomzejay says,
was branching out to rubber vomitcatsmeow says,
Could that be her in theJujeebal says,
newspaper? My high school sweetheart, theKharisJo says,
pilot who escaped beyond clouds? HoweverBevvie says,
much I want it to be?RainhaMom says,
Her cryptic yearbook comments...of course!MrsPremise says,
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Good times... his thoughts wondered ontoJujeebal says,
Good times... his thoughts wandered ontomzejay says,
the good times they shared atoopsalittle says,
La Gelateria - that was when heBevvie says,
noticed the clouds were still gatheringJujeebal says,
Staring at the clown, the manoopsalittle says,
named Steve yelled "YIKES" before theyMrsPremise says,
("they", being seven screaming, flying monkeys),BanjoDan says,
were gagged, kidnapped by oopsalittle whoBevvie says,
was really catsmeow's secret twin sisteroopsalittle says,
And together they were plotting toJujeebal says,
infiltrate the World Bank so thatContemplative says,
pennies and coins obliterated. Float awayJujeebal says,
like the clouds following him. SuddenlyRainhaMom says,
raindrops fell. Or were they tears?Bevvie says,
They were tears of a mime.MrsPremise says,
"_ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _."oopsalittle says,
mime - searching for his voice , orAmapola says,
for his soul, he nearly spoke.thesagittarian12 says,
But didn't. This mime's silent vow.Mourningdove says,
He thought back to the day,Jujeebal says,
as a boy when words flowedoopsalittle says,
Now stopped. But why? Because theyMrsPremise says,
(his CIA brother and secret girlfriend)Jujeebal says,
committed an unspeakable act, witnessed byMourningdove says,
the neighbor's dog, Trixi a bloodhound.Bevvie says,
A mime bloodhound who knew howmzejay says,
to find illicit romances and shimmeringcatsmeow says,
coins, a secret stash of whichLevel1 says,
there was no comparison. Fools gold.catsmeow says,
Because they were fools to thinkRainhaMom says,
they had any chance of findingJujeebal says,
the key that unlocks the goldenLucidDreamer says,
retriever's doghouse, where hidden away wasMrsPremise says,
(Pssssst, can I borrow your Cliff-notes??)Mourningdove says,
A map that led to theBelieve says,
Castle of sixword millionaire, Larry Smith.Jujeebal says,
On a mountain hidden by clouds.Mourningdove says,
Map in hand, he stopped atcatsmeow says,
(wait, how'd he get that map?)RainhaMom says,
(easy- impossibility is a fool's reality)catsmeow says,
In-and-Out Burger to fortify himself forRainhaMom says,
a sixword death duel with Larry.MrsPremise says,
"You go first, Larry!", he challenges.scribbling_scribe says,
But Larry has joined the mimes.mzejay says,
Perhaps a dance-off is in order.Jujeebal says,
A mysterious fog appears,covering allmarymc says,
and then, for no apparent reason,oopsalittle says,
forty six-word memorists exclaimed in unisonBevvie says,
"The plane! The plane! The plane!"MrsPremise says,
Read it again, Grandpa, pretty please?!Bevvie says,
Wait until the plane lands safely.MsKillie says,
Start running dear, that's a UFO.Jujeebal says,
UFO hidden by clouds that appearcatsmeow says,
to be gathering over his headclairity says,
but he doesn't notice his surroundings.EnMasse says,
because he is distracted by love.BanjoDan says,
A beautiful blue alien with sixJujeebal says,
arms. The alien reached out andcatsmeow says,
chucked him under the chin, aMrsPremise says,
very, gently and slowly, unzipped hiscatsmeow says,
organ grinder monkey's jacket. Who knewclairity says,
that underneath were hiding seventeen differentMrsPremise says,
diagrams from the Kama Sutra, eachJujeebal says,
more "out-of-this-world" than the next. FortunatelyJujeebal says,
more "out-of-this-world" than the next. Fortunatelycatsmeow says,
The alien was familiar with 16LucidDreamer says,
but the 17th was Universally illegalMrsPremise says,
and sadly, the monkey was excluded.Dhani says,
We have problem with MONKEYS here...Bevvie says,
but clouds were gathering. The acrobatsLucidDreamer says,
were not monkey-trained, but native toDhani says,
Shangri-la, the destination of all our dreams...Jujeebal says,
and more than a few nightmares...sisterpoet says,
having not packed our prescription medsLucidDreamer says,
and TSA confiscating the "back-up" meds,catsmeow says,
and it's thus the hallucinations end.