The few trees still upright were stripped of their branches, lonely flagpoles without a nation to claim them.

Mike Mullin

Mots clés trees disaster volcano ashfall



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For the first time ever, I felt ashamed of my species. The volcano had taken our homes, our food, our automobiles, and our airplanes, but it hadn't taken our humanity. No, we'd given that up on our own.

Mike Mullin


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Hunger of choice is a painful luxury; hunger of necessity is terrifying torture.

Mike Mullin

Mots clés pain hunger



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Condoms instantly shot to the number-one position on my mental list of must-find survival supplies, far ahead of food, water, and a way across the Mississippi River.

Mike Mullin


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I used to think that teachers who gave homework on weekends should be forced to grade papers for an eternity in hell.

Mike Mullin


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But unlike thunder, this didn’t stop. It went on and on, machine-gun style, as if Zeus had loaded his bolts into an M60 with an inexhaustible ammo crate.

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That whiff of smoke was enough to transform my sithere-trembling terror into get-the-hell-out-of-here terror.

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I felt bad about dirtying their comforter with my nasty clothes, but who knew what might happen later. If something else bizarre went down and I had to run, I sure didn’t want to do it butt naked.

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A librarian can’t live by books alone, and I wouldn’t eat them if I could. Feel too much like cannibalism.

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I didn't care much for being called stupid and softhearted. But the boyfriend bit I could live with.

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