Striking Home

Spring 1996, Page 3

Home Row Story by Jenny Guy
The Tale: Edith's Sis and Son

The hot sun shone on the Indiana house as Edith and Aunt Denise ate. "I detest onions" said Denise. "Onions nauseate one."
"Then don't eat the hash. Taste the tuna dish instead" said Edith. Then she added, "This heat is unsuited to the season."
Edith's son, Sean, hesitated to eat the hash, too. Aunt Denise dotes on Sean. He ate nineteen donuts and a honied Danish instead.
A sudden noise - Santa on the house! Anon, Santa stood in the hot ashes. He had the dented antenna in his hand.
"Hide!" said Sean. "Santa is in the house! He shuns those not hidden."
Sean, Edith and Denise headed to the shed to hide. Sean had hidden his Nintendo in the shed, too. He used it as he sat, hidden. Denise and Edith detested Nintendo.
"Hush" hissed Denise. "I hate Nintendo noise." A toad sat in its nest in the shed. The toad's tune soothed Denise and Edith.
Then Santa nodded his nose and dashed South and East to a hot destination, an oasis in the sand dunes.
Denise, Edith and Sean hastened into the house to see the doodads Santa had hidden. Santa had donated a dinette set, hats, suede shoes and a stone statue, tied in thin, tinted satin.
"This is insane! shouted the astounded Sean. "No Nintendo add-ons! No hot sound set! I hinted to Santa.... Toss that dinette set out!"
Denise steadied Sean. "The dinette set is not the issue" she said. "Don't sound so snide. Eat that sundae and shush."
Sean ate his sundae. Edith noshed on sushi. Denise tasted tahini on toast. The sun set and Sean, soothed and sated, nested 'neath satin sheets. His head nodded.
The siesta done, the sun tinted the stone house anon. Sun shone in the sash. needed a tissue. He had the snottiest nose and sinuses. "I need a tetanus shot" he said. "No" said Edith. "Eat toast and hot tea. Then eat anise-seasoned hash, Thai tuna, oats, nuts and seeds, and not those donuts and sodas. Those assist diseases.
Aunt Denise, shod in suede shoes, dashes to the Senate on a steed. Denise has a seat in the Senate. Undaunted, Denise assists Innuit Indians to attain statehood. She shuns the tainted toadies indited on handouts. Dutious Denise shines as Athena shines. She unites the hidden Indian nations, intent as she is on issues, and detests those odious, dishonest asses that assassinate due to insinuation and innuendo.
One odious ass has set out to unseat Denise. He dishes out heated taunts. Honest Denise stands in steadiness on issues. The data is in, odds on Denise. She is ahead. He desists.
Denise sits and has a soda. The ashen, ousted, stunned, shunned, dishonest idiot that had set out to unseat Denise does not hesitate. He hastens out.
Denise's aide is honest and stout. He is saddened at that nonunion idiot's innuendoes. "Shoot" intones Denise, "That's the Senate. Eat these nuts and dates."

THE END

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