Saturday, June 22, 2019

the babysitter, part 2

part two of two




meanwhile, anne bonny was asleep and peacefully dreaming

and alice wonderbar was reading an agatha christie novel

tony nevada was sitting in a sports bar weeping into his beer

unknown to anybody, the martians had landed

but cathy carson had had just about enough

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daniel boone was completely bewildered by it all

outside in the distance, the cry of a newborn child was heard

anne bonny was waiting for the 44 bus

carmen sanchez, the babysitter, suddenly remembered her homework

the doorbell rang

on a distant planet carmen’s double woke up

dr merlin was losing patience

mike fink wrote a letter to the san francisco examiner, complaining about the city’s treatment of the homeless

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i got you under my skin

do you really care if the world comes to an end?

does anybody care where the treasure is buried?

frankie and johnny put everything they had on buddy boy in the fifth race

billy the lion fell down dead at the bar when buddy boy won

down by the river mama roo bided her time

the stranger sat down at a table by himself

marie laveau politely told the stranger to leave

carmen sanchez left a note on the coffee table and wandered out into the night

mr wonderbar suddenly remembered playing badminton in the fog with archie carter in london during the war

you know, some people will complain if they get hanged with a brand new rope

and, that’s all, folks

frankie and johnny were lovers

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Friday, June 21, 2019

the babysitter, part 1


part one of two




billy the kid was the life of the party

joanie dark was the girl next door

billy and joanie were both secret agents of the imperium

they lived in the grand hotel

billy had a tattoo on his left shoulder of bette davis

joanie had a tattoo on her right bicep of virginia woolf reeling in a bass off the coast of florida

florence nightingale was a homicide detective

daniel boone was a seral killer

anne bonny was the spirit of love in a hate filled world

daniel boone and anne bonny grew up together in a castle on an island in the bermuda triangle

mr merlin was daniel’s high school guidance counselor

mike fink was the town drunk

mary read was mike fink's probation officer

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billy the kid and daniel boone decided to rob and murder mary read

daniel boone thought joanie dark knew a secret

anne bonny and her pal davy crockett decided to overthrow the government

tony nevada was anne bonny’s old personal trainer

cathy carson was a loud mouthed pushy bitch

doctor dee was the town drunk in the next town over

alice wonderbar was a girl who never had a chance

the babysitter’s name was carmen sanchez

alice wonderbar’s husband was a strange man

mr wonderbar thought carmen, the babysitter, was hot

mr wonderbar’s sister, carla wonderbar, who had never married, hated the whole stinking human race

suddenly a stranger appeared

carmen wished she was back in florida in the girls’ reformatory

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