SOMEWHERE IN A DAMP, DARK PLACE —

 

Hello?  Is anyone out there?  I can’t see anything.  It’s cold and wet. It’s hard to tell but I think it’s been 3 months, 14 days, 7 hours. 

 

I waited in the case, with the rest of my brothers and sisters in branch.  Then my day came, one Sunday afternoon. I was plucked from the box and set on the stainless steel bar top.  Then it happened, I started to roll.  Roll, roll, nobody stopped it. I just rolled right off the side of the rail, and under the cooler.  

 

As I fell into the darkness, I saw the glimmer of eyes.  The barback saw me disappear and did nothing.  I expected a rescue, but it never came.  I fear I may live out the rest of my days here, praying for a bar clean day in the near future.

 

Sincerely,

Rickey