I arrived 0950 this morning at the storefront. At which time I noticed a strange looking object on the ground beneath the King’s Men logo. It appeared to be something wrapped in black velvet which I figured was a dead bird curse type thing, with the head Cabbalist stirring things up at the town meeting and all. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be some sort of wick soaked in gasoline!
Then I noticed pieces of scattered broken glass as from a jar or bottle on the ground! Next I noticed that the area on and about the King’s Men logo was charred and stained as in fire damage! Next I noticed that some of the Israeli flags in the banner running along our roof edge were singed!
Being from the U.S. of A. with a patriotic upbringing and being an ex G.I., something about flag burnings still tears at my heart!
Next I began noticing the more finer details like the logo paint job was embedded with tiny glass fragments. And the letters in the word ‘King’ as in King’s Men had ran due to excessive heat.
Yep! You could tell that the ‘King’s Men’ logo was the focal point of this hate crime and the point of impact.
The police arrived minutes after I called them. They collected evidence (the wick and broken glass), even taking pictures, thus appearing to have done a fine job! But, my concern is: What will become of the evidence? Will it accidentally get misplaced or mysteriously disappear?
Oh, you say “No!” You say “That wouldn’t happen!” And I say “You need to think outside the American Box!” “This is the Middle East!”
P.S.
I’ve been burning the candle on both ends! I don’t like to work on the webpage when I’m overly tired…because I make mistakes! Well, somehow I lost this whole page and had to write it again! So if anyone noticed a slight difference in wording…that’s why!!!
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Edwin Beckford
March 1, 2006