Flintkote
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 26
Mrs. McWilliams was delivered of a boy ... and a girl ... and a girl ... and I hope triplets aren’t a communicable disease ... myself being in an ‘interesting’ condition. Junior fretted. Junior has yet to make the ‘startling discovery.” She shall fail her punctuation quiz next week.
We all said appropriate things concerning babies in delivery ... including comments about ‘milk factory depletion’ and the inconveniences of insufficient floor space and lack of production machinery. Cynthia fell asleep in mid rebuttal. A nurse entered and we were shooed.
Then we had to ‘check in.’
With the Port,
And the Coast Guard.
As they say, Therein lies the rub.
I am the registered owner...
Of the 65 foot (20 meter) SV Basilisk registered Port of Origin: Pentwater, Michigan. United States of America. The Coast Guard knows she is mine.
AND
The SV Flint Ninety feet (27.5 meters) of South African built, registered Port of Origin: San Diego, California. Republic of Mexico. The Coast Guard has not a clue.
*AND”
The Princessapality Coast Guard KNOWS me.
The lieutenant in charge of the Ludington station rubbed his chin, sent his eyebrows skyward and said,
“This is going to be so much fun.”
“You’re going to be mean ... I can tell.”
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