-- You must be desperate
Or
mad
Do you
really think any parent is going to give this line of questioning any fucking credence
-- Ill grant its outside of the box
but we havent anything
right now
for all our diligence and efforts
Do we
-- No
We do not
Okay
Run with it
But its your baby
Your
idea
-- Thank you
I appreciate the my new authority
Young children were going missing
later found dead
their abductions were eyewitnessed
by other preschoolers
the knees of his pants were
getting dirty and thin
their
fannies growing shiny
interviewing short people was
providing arduous to his clothing and joints
but he was making progress as he
expected
dumbfounding his critics
stopping their rolling eyes
halting their whaddafuck shoulder
shrugs
and leaving their jaws which originally
laughed hanging wideopen
Careful boys Dont wancha swallowing flies
no police sketch artists
by their height all they were
going to be able to describe was Adams apples and jaws
so he went after the Obvious
clothing color type of clothes photographic line-ups made up of cartoon
characters
Tall and Slender was revealed
he assessed the suspects height by aligning what turned out to be
similar cartoon characters beside scaled automobiles minivans panel trucks
traffic signs fence forks in trees windows in buildings writing on those
windows
Tall to people who werent three
feet tall or who couldnt count to ten made him think of cartoons
kids were babysat by cartoons
the only thing he Xed from his
line-ups in his quest for the animal were cartoons animals
he canvassed the hell out of
these brilliant Munchkins and tore up every cartoon avenue imaginable for
somewhat handsome faces
most of the little girls said the
perpetrator was good-looking
he enjoyed a good-natured laugh and was slightly suspicious if a little
boy even noticed
when he was a young boy
he only noticed pretty girls
no
matter their ages
unfortunately two more children
went missing during his investigation
although he kept his fingers
crossed
their bodies werent found
and this sonofabitch wasnt
particular about hiding them he always dumping their small violated bodies in public places where if they werent found on sight they were found by scent
he kept his fingers crossed
well he figured
wouldnt you know it
out of the mouth of babes
a young boy caught his breath
pointed and fainted
he didnt even bother to stick
around for the boy to regain consciousness and made a beeline to every witness
he interviewed he rang doorbells
throughout the night into morning and child after sleepy child squirmed in their
parents arms burst into tears or screamed
its a terrible thing when a Most
Wanted picture and its attendant All-points bulletin bears a cartoon character
beat cops flashed them throughout
their neighborhoods and quelled nervous or fantastic laughter with steely eyes
Joe Friday would have been proud
one of the childrens body was
found in a public water fountain beneath its pointing Poseidonish statuaries
it seemed recently he was growing
fond of water
they captured him on an upscale hotel
rooftop swimming pool hiding the last childs body
they let him be part of the
collar
he hadnt been to sleep in nearly
three days
he couldnt say if it was the
stress of trying to find the last two children alive seeing the last poor babys
body or the monster-looked-so-much-like-the-cartoon-he-was-arrested-by
shock
he did remember laughing
as if they shared a
mutual joke
laughing
Sorry you got no happy endings copper
God knows you tried
he did remember feeling like a movie
arch-villain who is unable to restrain himself and confesses to his captive
nemesis soon-to-die his diabolical plan for World domination
he remembered shoving the cartoon
characters poster in his face so he couldnt mistake it so he could appreciate how
a child outed him IDed him
he remembered the animal twisting
its muzzle trying to escape the glossy crisp pamphlet shoved in its face
its hands cuffed behind its back backing
up
backing up
its laughter a not-so-funny laughter any
longer
anguished
aw poor baby
slightly
tortured
he remembered the shits laughter
falling off falling
away out of his ears
storey after storey after storey
I think he jumped he said
I dont remember
thinking
one
happy ending
2306, Friday,
11 9. 15
1223,
Saturday, 12 9. 15
