Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
An Unhappy O. Henry Ending
His picture is on the telescreen tonight
Stepping onto a twin-engine executive jet
Then posed in an easy-street seat in the back
Uniformed crew, someone to bring him a snack
The same smug grin he had when he dropped out of school
“I’m tired of this nowhere town,” he sneered
“I’m gonna go somewhere and get me a life;
I don’t need you or any of this mess”
And life is what he got, and a suit in orange
And a free ride home to his nowhere town
