Something to Cry About
For Mary Margaret O’Hara
This is a survival guide for you and your family. It contains information on what to do before, during and after a nuclear attack. Read it with care as it could greatly increase your chances of survival.
There are one hundred and thirty-two thousand, four hundred and eighty-eight tiles on this floor. I know because I counted them. I tapped each one with the tip of my precision compass to ensure absolute accuracy. And then I counted them all over again, just to make sure. It took me three tries. I lost count twice because Dad started ragging on me to stop. I honestly didn’t mind starting over, though. We have a lot of time to count things down here. There isn’t much else to do.
So something happened. Something bad. Dad says there was an ex
