*** anecdotal story from the KING COUNTY METRO bus stop, May 2020.
Some dude said, “Man, go down to the Seattle Center … Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is handing out food, places to sleep, free vaccine checkups.” (come see the paradise)
LAST FOOD for the brood the machine was crude put me in a 'tude as the fat burned off a little cough from the viral goo and a smile from the screen not mean ever seen when the twirled taters and onion craters crack your spleen
NOT GOOD when the heart cracks and the back leaks as eyes glow in the night no fright just now a yellow blight a cow a wolf a bat or a rat all on sale in the bale blue and green all in the TACO pouch covered in RED "Hope it's dead" sad the grouch
SOME DUDE too rude for service sells slurry kind of furry near the ferry his name was Jerry "Get more slop" and the cop with fists of fury pounded the poor beast and in silence a line so long no song just spilled grease
TELL JUDE to put the fam on the tram go to the central store a whore named Jelly in her belly carries the protein core a modest proposal a deal of Molech stench a bum on the bench dies quick sick? hit him with a wrench load the body it's not naughty a necessary pick so slick the last day for "Rick"
THE LAST MEAL by the bay with Jay and Sal your tent pals a sun sets as the sky turns black and food on the roll in the bowl red and brown with a frown gobble it down
LAST FOOD LAST FOOD
"FIVE MINUTES" said the clown at the gate no hate you just wait for the last food it's not too late
When I was a kid no one I knew in Western Washington needed air conditioning, ever. This may seem off topic, but as I was out walking today (in early May) I remarked at one of the more obvious cases of someone who had installed air conditioning and it seemed like it was on full power – Port Angeles, WA. This summer a lot of folks, especially in King and Pierce Counties, will be buying AC units, heat pumps, escape from the unrelenting heat.
Also, as a kid 5 decades ago, we were told we never had to worry about GREAT WHITE SHARKS in the Puget Sound, for three basic reasons: a) the orca pods would scare them away, b) the water is too cold and c) there’s plenty of food in the ocean for them or along the coasts. I’d say (a), (b), and (c), used to be true – none of those points are true now. The local orca pods are NOT doing great, the water is warming and FOOD in the wider ocean (see the story of the gray whales) is not the giant feast it used to be.
Add to this, the recent discovery of new sharks in the Puget Sound. Predators will avoid breaking boundary conditions of their habitats IF there is plenty of food. When the food runs low the predator has the choice of staying and dying OR going some place else. While cold water threatens great white sharks, WARM OR HOT water is just as bad for the great white – they like it warm, but not too warm. That’s the Puget Sound now, warm, not too warm, orca pods not doing so great, and plenty of food (for a creative predator).
This summer will be a barn burner, and the Western Washington beaches (like West Beach near Deception Pass) will be very popular.
I wonder if this will be the first summer a large shark attacks a swimmer or other human in the Puget Sound. Ghoulish? – yes. Exaggeration? – no.