Everybody just stood around and sang happy birthday (Iceland doing it right)

I was walking on the street and past a gas station. There are two signs in the window. Help Wanted and Self Service. So I went in and hired myself. --Steven Wright

I got out of bed and figured that I would go for a walk. My girlfriend asked how long I would be gone. I said the whole time. --Steven Wright

I remember the day the candle shop burned down. Everybody just stood around and sang happy birthday. --Steven Wright

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-hulse-collected-poems-1985-2015.html “A magisterial collection. An emotional roller coaster. Soon to be a cult classic. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night On Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”