Scene at the Soup and Salad Bar

Posted on April 3, 2003 in Neighborhood War

A mother stood holding the door open at our favorite soup and salad bar. Between the fingers of each hand, she pinched the cheeks of a small boy with glasses. “I’m going to come down hard on you, so hard on you,” she yelled.

I just stared at her as we walked by and let ourselves in.

Poor little boy. He was his own Iraq, punished and publically humiliated. The American Way: when your spawn get out of line, nuke ’em.