Thank You Statue
Only the widow caretaker had noticed, and she – just as angry as the statue – didn’t warn anyone.
The temperature of the statue had been rising for several weeks. In early November, it was a perfectly normal 14 degrees, same as the awful icy winds. But soon after, it began a slow, deliberate climb.
By December, the statue’s skin was at 60 degrees, and the flat, ashy mint covering her face, arms, and robes began to take on a richer, more living tone.
As if replaced by chlorophyll.
By Christmas it was in the mid nineties, and the apples of her cheeks were gently flushed.
On the morning of new years eve, the widow caretaker bundled up and trotted numbly through the wind to the weather station on the East side of the statue. She brushed the frost off the row of thermometers, then smiled in malicious anticipation.
The statue’s skin measured a precise 98.7 degrees.
She trotted back to her flat over the gift shop to make a pot of tea. This was going to be good.
The temperature of the statue had been rising for several weeks. In early November, it was a perfectly normal 14 degrees, same as the awful icy winds. But soon after, it began a slow, deliberate climb.
By December, the statue’s skin was at 60 degrees, and the flat, ashy mint covering her face, arms, and robes began to take on a richer, more living tone.
As if replaced by chlorophyll.
By Christmas it was in the mid nineties, and the apples of her cheeks were gently flushed.
On the morning of new years eve, the widow caretaker bundled up and trotted numbly through the wind to the weather station on the East side of the statue. She brushed the frost off the row of thermometers, then smiled in malicious anticipation.
The statue’s skin measured a precise 98.7 degrees.
She trotted back to her flat over the gift shop to make a pot of tea. This was going to be good.
posted by Cupcake at 2:59 PM
2 Comments:
Lacy!
Thanks for that IM. I guess that must have been yesterday. All I know is when I signed onto meebo just now, I was surprised and confused, but then I figured it all out, because I am wicked smaht.
Drop me an email (matt @ mattgriffin dot net), because I can't find yours anywhere.
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