pseudopodium
. . . Martha Soukup

. . .

Drink

DREAM

EVERYONE'S . . .

. . . ANYTIME

INGREDIENTS ON CROWN
CONTENTS 6 1/2 FL. OZ.
BOTTLED UNDER LICENSE OF
THE DREAM COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
LICENSEE'S NAME ON CROWN
Drink DREAM everyone's ... anytime Martha Soukup is an excellent writer. She's also nice to her friends, which is why her "DREAM" bottle went to me rather than to eBay.
The DREAM that Martha gave me was battered, chipped, and empty. All as expected per licensing terms of THE DREAM COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- I'm not complaining! But I couldn't help but wonder....

What INGREDIENTS were on that missing CROWN?

What LICENSEE'S NAME was on that missing CROWN?

To my curiosity's relief came eBay -- yes, the very eBay that I'd cheated out of Martha Soukup's DREAM! -- with an unopened DREAM for sale and a close-up photograph of that DREAM's CROWN.

The INGREDIENTS are "ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR & COLOR"

The LICENSEE'S NAME is "ORANGE SODA"

I don't deserve my life.

DREAM

. . .

Proving again that it's the teller that makes the story, one of my favorite storytellers, Martha Soukup, is telling a story I didn't think I had the slightest interest in. Thus I favorably notice Salon twice in one week. Is this what mellowing feels like?

 

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