no two tornadoes are alike not even twins these two are spinning in opposite directions big tornadoes can have child tornadoes around them with grandchild tornadoes around them all we know for certain it that for some reason, they all like trailer parks
the library seems most important to, in order: – the homeless – seniorer senoirs – toddlers at storytime – selected teens after school, including the tutored – everybody else
the items that seem most important, in order: – heat in the winter, coolness in the summer – laptop, tablet, or smartphone that the patron brings in or finds there – periodicals – table and chairs for the tutors and tutored – dvds – books
Until recently, my father and I would climb into our pickup each morning and drive our route for the day. Between Sunday and the following Saturday, we covered every one of the better neighborhoods in the area, street by street, block by block.
Every day as we motored slowly along, we came upon objects put out along the road with a Free sign attached to them. We would pick up those item that we deemed salable at one or another of the metropolitan flea markets.
It was a living. We were essentially hauling stuff away that folks didn’t want anymore, for whatever price we could get for it.
Unfortunately, folks started putting out more and more free stuff. Too much for scavengers like us to handle. Finally, instead of leaving things on the curb, folks began abandoning it in a variety of public spots, near Goodwill or wherever. Then other folks from the neighborhoods would come, browse, and take the best stuff home with them.