Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
An Unhappy O. Henry Ending
His
picture is on the telescreen tonight
Stepping
onto a twin-engine executive jet
Then
posed in an easy-street seat in the back
Uniformed
crew, someone to bring him a snack
The
same smug grin he had when he dropped out of school
“I’m
tired of this nowhere town,” he sneered
“I’m
gonna go somewhere and get me a life;
I
don’t need you or any of this mess”
And
life is what he got, and a suit in orange
And
a free ride home to his nowhere town
