Provide Me No More Moctuary Details of His
Grapefruit-Inspired Comic Book
“The main
character is a grapefruit farmer in Florida
who refuses to market his crop through the Citrus Growers’ Association,” Chris
explained to his former geometry teacher.
“His farm’s mascot is a caricature of the farmer himself named King
River Fruit who…” he stopped talking, noticing the interest Mr. Perpendicular
was taking in the carefully arranged display of papier maché scorpion statues
in the corner beneath the collection of photographs of Julio Cortázar.
Mr.
Perpendicular remembered his early days of teaching, a time when coffee had
been his greatest nemesis. Soon a
flaming chariot drawn by flying horses would descend from the sky and bear him
aloft, into eternal communion with the source of his existence.
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