A Surprise in It for You

This sheet of paper was folded into a tiny square, lying in the parking lot of the bank where I work. I opened it up to make sure it didn’t contain any personal info like account numbers or whatever, and instead I discovered this note.

Skinny

I found it on the floor in a stall in a public women’s restroom at the mall.

Autumn Kiss

I found this at the corner of Cornelia and Lawndale while walking my dog. This sidewalk is a half-block from a Catholic grade school and it’s also a main route in our neighborhood to the commuter train. Someone (female, I guess) must really love autumn.

Mr. Roboto

I found this little robot man sticking out of a flower pot on my fire escape yesterday. I live on the 2nd floor, so I can’t imagine how robot man got there. It makes me smile to think about the adventures he had on his way to finding me.

Toad Skin

A co-worker found this in “Fighting Indians of the West” at our used bookstore. I had the mental image of some creep slowly peeling the skin from a helpless, wriggling toad, the fiend’s chuckles barely covering the amphibious squeaks…then I found out that toads molt.