Put It Back

by Kenneth M. Kapp

The smoke boasted how in his youth he was always in getting in peoples’ faces, not dispersing no matter how much hands were waved. A man challenged him to get back into the pipe from whence he came. The pipe reminded people there was a no return policy. The cleaner complained it had scraped by for years until it was brown and worn out. The smoke circled, formed a ring, and said he would show them how it was done with mirrors. The audience stood as one and made for the exits having heard all of this before.

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Kenneth M. Kapp lives with his wife in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, writing late at night in his man-cave. His stories have appeared in more than eighty-five publications world-wide including The Saturday Evening Post and October Hill Magazine. He enjoys chamber music and mysteries.