Let's tell a story four words at a time (Part 1)

for the generally intolerant.

majorly intolerant, privately intolerant

homophobic panhandlers of Ghent.

Meanwhile, in Costa Rica

Balloon Man floated down

merrily, lit a cigar

and whistled Pink Floyd’s

“Wish You Were Here,”

slightly off-key but strangely

upbeat for such a

dirgesome tune. His violin

shrieked like a strangling

marsupial, but surprisingly pretty.

The spirit in the

bottle was soon drunk

as was Balloon Man.

In just-Spring, the

robins warbled show tunes

, the snakes hissed Elvis

covers, and the sad