By John F Di Leo -
Introduction: Imagine, if you will, an alternate universe in which a confused old man - Joe Buckstop - stumbles into the presidency, and spends his entire term in his basement. Each evening, an aide walks downstairs and serves him his evening snack, and engages him in conversation about current events, in a losing effort to keep the old man's mind somewhat sound. Tonight's episode is an excerpt from the ongoing series, "Evening Soup with Basement Joe," by John F. Di Leo, a fictional chronicle of the events of 2021, a political satire available in paperback or eBook from Amazon.
"Hello? ... Hello in there? Anybody there?"
"Yeah, yeah, just a minute... umm... go ahead, come in... what is it?"
"I have your ice cream, sir."
"Who are you?"
"Jackson van Buren, sir. I brought you your ice cream the other night, remember?"
"No."
"I was working on your fence outside, sir... and your cook asked me to bring you your sundae when we finished up for the day, remember?"
"No."
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