Walking the toddlers in their wagon yesterday, I passed two houses going through a termite fumigation. I've always had a strange cognitive dissonance looking at these houses, knowing there is deadly poison roiling underneath while outside there are these billowing multi-colored circus tents. You think evil clowns might be living inside.
I'm sure there's a metaphor in there somewhere, something for a sequeal to John Updike's Rabbit Run novels.

Yeah my neighbor across the street just had this done. It is spooky seeing the house covered up and dark like that.
There was a sign in the yard telling people that the house was being fumigated, in case we missed seeing the giant multicolored tent.
It would be helpful if the sign said just what EXACTLY is being gassed.
I'm thinking giant radioactive flesh eating termites but I suppose it could be evil clowns.
Posted by: Michael Brent | May 04, 2012 at 06:29 PM