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Gary Hunter

By Sundown or Else! - July 15, 2020

the townsfolk live in fear

rub their feelers together nervously

most skitter about with dire gossip in the darkness

saying things are going to get bad

although a few still tap out a hopeful message

that by sundown you may decide to head out of town

never to return

the entire showdown hinges on one thing

and one thing only

how many shots

I have remaining

in that

can of Raid

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