by Charles Harper Webb
pretended to be a foot bridge across a drainage ditch.
“Pay the bridge a penny,” said a handwritten card by a coffee cup full of pennies. So travelers would drop a penny in the cup if they were honest, ignore the card if they were cheap, or steal from the cup if they were scum. But whatever they were, when they reached the middle of the bridge, it reared up and thrust a large, professionally lettered sign in their faces: “GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT, OR I TOSS YOU IN THE CHASM.”
Naked people could always be seen hurrying off the bridge, which brought more people on to stare at private parts for free.
Soon the bridge became so rich, it hired a younger bride to cheat people while it toured the world, spanning grand and scenic vistas, letting the little fools swarm on it, full of love.
