Blast from her Past by Elizabeth Emerald Artwork by MoonWillow at FanArtReview.com |
My friend Scott's repair shop is cluttered with vacuum cleaners that have yet to be retrieved. (Apparently, many of his customers clean house as often as I do.) Scott and I got to reminiscing today about his delinquent customers. I was curious as to which machine had been in residence the longest and asked how many years it had been there. This is what he told me: Last week, I tripped over a Dirt Devil that has been in the basement for as long as I could remember, longer than any of its fellow orphans. I checked the tag and saw it belonged to Katherine Clark. So I called her to tell her it was high time she reclaimed it. She demanded to know how I got her private number. She said she hasn't given out the number since she was elected to Congress. It was then that I realized that I was speaking to our U.S. Representative. The name had been vaguely familiar, but it hadn't occurred to me that she was THE Katherine Clark. I asked her how long she's been in Congress. She said eight years. I told her the Dirt Devil has been here since March of 2009. Katherine Clark now resides in Washington D.C., a seven hour drive from Melrose, Massachusetts. She promised to pick up the machine if she isn't re-elected. I figure I'm stuck with the thing for another twelve years.
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