Friday, July 4, 2025

Sprayers

 

They drove up the driveway in a golf cart, and they smelled vaguely of some sort of chemical.

It was their job to notify landowners that they were spraying herbicide under the electrical lines.

She asked what plants it would kill, and they said, “Everything. That’s the point.” Then, she asked if it was safe for animals, and they said, “Oh, yeah. We’ve been doing this for three years and it gets all over us.” And they laughed.

She signed the “No Spray” form, and watched them leave, one with an extra arm, and the other with a snazzy tail.

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