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Weekly Contest #51
The yard of my house wasn’t like the other kids' yards. The other kids had yards that gazed upon a cul de sac or maybe a quiet tree lined street with a faux deer in the yard or a wagon wheel or both. Mine looked out on Jack’s Gunshop with a large parking lot, a sign that proclaimed buy, sell, trade here with a picture of some Steelhead fish frolicking in Lake Michigan ready for the catch. There was a picture of a Glock handgun that said Glock Perfection with a G spiral and a tiny R next to a picture of some bears with water splashing all ove...
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