Sometimes on the bus you hear things that just can't be so but they are no so easy to be forgotten like the time I heard two ne'er do wells sitting behind me discussing the state of their wants and needs and finances to pay for both of these needs must and all that and neither one of these was named Chuck E but they weren't good fer nothin's not really they were just telling it the way it is and begging to be heard they agreed with each other pants down to their knees sporting Calvin Klein boxers and miscellaneous baseball player bling they agreed that they were patrollin' chicks but there weren't any on the bus or in the neighbourhood either the girls were working fast food about which my step-daughter says there is no such thing especially when you're hungry or somebody is expecting you to work miracles barista-ing at 2C or Second Cup for those who don't like Tim's and who know that Timothy's never ...

Give us this Day is the online creative journal of Kurtis Kitagawa, PhD (Edinburgh), MPhil (Oxford), MA (Chicago), BA First Class Honours (Calgary), who, withal, considers himself a student of history. Check daily for freshly composed essays and offbeat creative writing inspired by a life spent in universities, government, and business. Job offers gratefully accepted. Alternative facts welcome, and will not be burned. Nor will their ashes be used as eye shadow!