The Iron Lung at Shep’s

Posted on April 12, 2020 | 1 Comment

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The iron lung stands beside the old arcade video game. Did someone die in this machine? Artist Jeff Whipple took the Salk vaccine on the sugar cube. His English teacher conducted class from an iron lung. Shep’s Discount and Salvage sells rotten baby formula, this iron lung, and Trump Rambo flags, but what’s with the plastic pigs dressed as cowboys?

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One response to “The Iron Lung at Shep’s”

4963andypop | April 13, 2020 at 2:52 pm |

It seems a good time to revisit the relics of past suffering, the concrete (or in this case iron)monuments to the terrible moments we’d rather not think about. Sad that this may be one of them. Good health to you and yours!

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