An ex-con makes the International news in an embarrassing situation. |
Touchy the Face, a two-timing ex-convict who spent so much time behind bars he sported horizontal lines on his cheeks, turned his head aside, looked down, displayed a crooked smile, and blushed like a Hampton tomato as the BBC news crew surged… Touchy appeared as cut bait, and the crew were piranha. “Amazing that Face could try something so absurd, and so outlandish,” piped one reporter, as giggles and guffaws rolled through the hungry contingent. Seems Touchy held up the office of the Federal Reserve in New York, expecting loot, even gold bouillon. To worsen matters, Touchy packed not a real gun, but a squirt gun. Oh, he intimidated a secretary or two, but armed security apprehended Face in no time flatfooted, laughing to beat rugs, bending over belly aching eyes tearing. Touchy shot off a few rounds of water; streams warm from gun storage outside mid-summer day Manhattan. This, thought the powers that be at the Reserve, is some story to be texted in, so they contacted Brooke Baldwin at CNN and ‘fore long the news raced International, including the BBC. Turns out the BBC had a crew in Manhattan with adequate clout, oily shoulders; so they cornered the entire Face-moving mass as it disembarked the lobby elevator. Cameras, smart phones, microphones—a frenzied tangle of technical paraphernalia to cover news. One BBC reporter shouted: “Aye mate, aren’t ya Touchy the Squirt? Blimey, are ya here to water me face!" 40 Lines Writer’s Cramp Co-Winner 7-27-19 |