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I do a little work for local government and I just saw a play about zombies. I've not really written much before, I dunno what the hell I'm doing. _____________________________ The township meeting began with some talk about recent news. "Zombies went through my fields again," noted one of the older trustees of the board, Chuck Moore, as the board sat down for their meeting. "Third time this week. I got one of the boys to put a crucifix on every drat one of my fence posts this morning. Can't let the undead ruin this year's crop, you know." Supervisor Riding let out a small sigh. "That won't do you much good, Chuck. The undead got nothing to do with Satan or Hell or--" "Nothing to do!" snorted Moore. "Harry, if you think zombies got nothing to do with the Devil, I got a bridge in Brooklyn for you." "I know, Chuck, I know." Riding's left hand twitched as he tried to talk down the elderly board member. "Lot of folks're saying that this is God's judgment, the end of times, that sort of stuff, but whether it's Satan's work or a virus' doing, we've still got to deal with it somehow." The township treasurer spoke up. "They got Daniel Lurig last night," she remarked. "His son came by to check up on him around sunrise, saw him undead this morning. Poor kid didn't have the heart to stop him, so he's just got Daniel locked up in the barn, last I knew." The rest of the board chimed in with a chorus of "poor kid"s and "I knew his dad"s. "See, Chuck?" asked Riding. "Whatever's causing this, it's creating problems for everyone. We got to figure out how to deal with it here before it gets out of hand, and we can leave figuring out the cause of it to someone working for County, and if they can't work it out, then that's the state's job, and if they can't work it out, hell, then I guess it's up to the feds." Moore scowled. "Feds. That'll take a while. So, what, we're going to wait for them to do something, then? Can't just let the township go to hell." Riding smiled. "We'll get to that, Chuck, but that's new business. First we got to get this month's board agenda approved, then move on to last month's unfinished business, before we can start addressing new issues..."
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