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hanging from the bridge

Frtiz Hamilton

    “Well, what’s that hanging from the bridge?”
    “Look twice, Luca. They’re people.”
    “They’re wearing uniforms, Fred.”
    “American uniforms. They’re army, maybe marines.”
    “So who hanged them?”
    “People who don’t want us here.”
    “But Fred, aren’t we saving them from themselves?”
    “Not anymore.”
    “Aren’t we going to cut them down?”
    “Of course, & send them home to their loved ones in the states.”
    “Then what?”
    “We’ll send them more Americans to save them from themselves, & they’ll hang them from other bridges.”
    “Those aren’t bridges to peace, Fred.”
    “No, they go straight to Hell, paved with good intentions, Luca.”
    “That’s what counts.”
    “I’m glad it counts, Luca. All I count are eight hanged Americans.”
    “So what can we do, Fred?”
    “We can look on this divine comedy until they hang us too.”
    “Who’s laughing at the comedy?”
    “God the divine.”
    “Then shouldn’t we be laughing too?”
    “If it turns you on, Luca. Laugh yr guts out until you too swing from the bridge. When they send yr death notice back home to Mommy & Daddy, they can say you were laughing till the final curtain. Then they’ll get a special package of yr bones.”
    “Will they still be laughing?”
    “Why not? What else can they do?”

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