Letters to The Prompt


This is the house that Gans built.

This is the gas that warmed the house that Gans built.

This is the pipe that carried the gas that warmed the house that Gans built.

This is the station at Lubmin from which the pipe ran that carried the gas that warmed the house that Gans built.

These are the sanctions that stopped the gas at the station at Lubmin from which the pipe ran that carried the gas that warmed the house that Gans built.

This is the explosion that severed the pipe during the sanctions that stopped the gas at the station at Lubmin from which the pipe ran that carried the gas that warmed the house that Gans built.

This is the party under investigation for the explosion that severed the pipe during the sanctions that stopped the gas at the station at Lubmin from which the pipe ran that carried the gas that warmed the house that Gans built.

This is the gift -- the station at Lubmin, given without charge to the party under investigation for the explosion that severed the pipe during the sanctions that stopped the gas at the station at Lubmin from which the pipe ran that carried the gas that warmed the house that Gans built.

This is the committee that identified the gap left by the gift -- the station at Lubmin, given without charge to the party under investigation for the explosion that severed the pipe during the sanctions that stopped the gas at the station at Lubmin from which the pipe ran that carried the gas that warmed the house that Gans built.

The committee noted the gap. Further discussion is planned.

And this is the gas that now warms the house that Gans built.

The same gas. It arrives through Slovakia. Through Hungary. It is sold as European.

The house does not ask.

W. Rohr [City withheld]


Editor's note: The house is not mentioned at the end. Only the gas. -- The Beekeeper