Day 13. Evolution moves quickly. The disclaimer is gone but still valid. These intros are getting longer. I’m still sitting by a campfire in Maine drinking a Vermont beer, thinking about the Folk Festival without folk music back near the Mass/New Hampshire border and remembering the bike rides I did in Rhode Island last week while trying to figure out how I’m going to work Connecticut into all this. Yup, I’m a true New Englander. I can name all six states. There’s talk of California and Texas splitting up into smaller states. Maybe it’s time for New England to become a mega state, like those construction trucks that joined forces in the Transformers cartoon. That’d be awesome. Here’s some haiku for you.

Art T’s alleged crimes.
Ain’t shit compared to these guys.
Can’t invest in that.
-Tewksbury

MB employees.
Always give chart topping service.
I like Artie T.
-Lowell

40-year shopper.
I can’t afford Hannaford.
Bring back Artie T.
-Dracut

BJ’s full-page ad.
Smart move with the MB stuff.
Artie S. take note.
-Lowell

Employees will lose.
Hurt feelings and distrust last.
No one wins in war.
-Lowell

Art S. hates us all.
Time to get our sweet revenge.
Buy gum with plastic.
-Tewkesbury