Letter Boxes, Area 51 Public Domain Photo by Martin Str. (via Flash! Friday)
Paying A Flying Visit
It has taken the Red Planeteers light years to reach the
quarter-inch thick bulletproof metal box on its chipped pole – Black Mailbox 80,
owner Steve Medlin, with its Master Lock and contradictions. For a start it’s faded white; for another
thing, it’s not used by Medlin, nor anyone else the hundreds who camp around
and converge upon it and the Extraterrestrial Highway have ever seen. The signs towards Rachel with their question
marks are there for those in the know, though any activity takes place when
they’re not looking. Suggested sightings
are delusional; sometimes placed to mislead and misdirect – misinformation at
its best.
They often wish there was a more convenient drop box –
somewhere around Deimos or Phobos, as opposed to Route 375. It would be a sight easier – and cheaper - to
sort interplanetary tax liabilities.
Still, if Area 51 showed on planetary positioning systems, perhaps the
payment wouldn’t be perennially late.
They always take a wrong turn somehow.
(160 words)
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It's been a little bit since a piece for Flash! Friday featured here. This is my latest, requiring inclusion of unpaid bill as part of the prompt. Went slightly tongue in cheek this week, which makes a change from the darker stuff which recent photo prompts generally seem to have been resulting in. Loads of great entries over at the site for those who care to take a look!
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