The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-09
FOR CRYIN'
OUT LOUD
BY CHARLES G. MENDOZA

4UE A1c4aU NAS II q SShA5 AtNSSNAs
He merely grunsed instead 81
thanking me when | gave him .
choice chunk of Angel Food cake.
| don't think he was aware Of the
bIasphemy I had purposely CON-
mitted because ne commenced to
MUNICH away on the Angel Food
cake without an outward sign Of
apprehension.
His taste buds must be fouled
lup, thought. II this is not the
| case, the alternative is that the
difference between Angel Food
cake and Devils Food cake il
| only relative and, therefore, with
out significance. Regardless, it an
gered me TO see this fiend MUNICH
away ON ambrosial food in such
q nonchafant manner.
The fiend interrupted my
thought processes. calm down.
he said, ''your mind is an open
book. We fiends thrive on ambro.
STA and nectar. What we can't sto.
mach Is the hypocritical fare you
human beings are constantly dish.
ing out to one another"
such as what?" snarled, irk-
ed at the knowledge that he could
read my mind.
"Such as the hullaballoo that Is
being raised in certain quarters
about smokers" and "Stags. /"
There is something lewd In the
sensatiOnalism hey attach to a
run-of- the-mill human activity.
Where there is so much smoke
someone must be throwing logs in
the fire."
81 guess you consider yourself
an authority on smokers" smirk-
ed. "Do you keep a supply Of por.
| nographic films on hand?"
The fiend smiled. "Our smokers
are the real thing. When We throw
a "stag'' down Ia the internal re.
gions the actors that have been
sent to entertain US are human
beings who portray themselves al
their worst. The worst being no
| more than their normal behavior
while they were on Earth"
"E1ucidate, fiend," l pleaded,
II am all ears. |"
'.For example" the fiend replied
with chuckie, consider the un.
solved murders in Key West.
Some of these murders remain un.
solved because the authorities
charged with the responsibility Of
solving them are too busy to be
bothered with such trivial things
as unsolved murders. The fact
that it was your son or daughter
that was murdered is of no c0nse.
quence to them. II wasn't their
son or daughter, after all. just q
matter of relevancy. Who cares for
anguish If it isn't their anguish"
'.FIow do these authorities por-
tray themselves at your smokers,
| fiend?"
'FWelI, they usually show you
their badge first. their badge Of
authority. Then they tell you Of
their social standing, many influen-
tial friends they have, the wonder
Iful equipment they have for the
prevention of crimes, the corona
coronas they smoke, the snazzy
automobiles the tax payers have
bought for them, the nice, clean
| iail they have Tor incorrigibles.
And then they talk and talk about
| the many wonderful things they
they are going to do for the com.
munity if they ever get around to
lit, such as bringing murderers tc
| the bar of justice. But this, 81
course, is only talk. We fiends gel
d big kick out Of this kind o.
| lewdness.
do you think there is any hope
that these authorities may reform
| and get down to brass tacks?"
II hope there IS no hope fol
| them replied the fend. II would
| not want to miss the splendid per
| Torrance they viii give at one o.
our smokers some day"
'sWell, / hope you are In error
fiend. Because ! know Of the an
guish in the heart Of one KEY
West mother. Her daughter wa;
brutaIly murdered and nothing ha!
lbeen done to assuage the terrible
grief this mother experiences daily
knowing that her daughters muir
| derer walks around scot.free while
the authorities neglect to re-oper
the case"
The fiend chuckled. "Maybt
these authorities don't want to re
open the case because the stencil
| Of the negligence shown originally
| might make some real headlines.
/ shook my head sadly. "Justics
must prevail. fiend The terrible
hurt that this mother feels mus