Its Socks by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview
Download the book in PDF, ePub, Kindle for a complete version.
Its Socks
Page 99
coalition; the stealthy No Show Ninjas, the flamboyant Knee High Heralds, and the ancient, revered Sock of the Single Toe, rumored to have once belonged to a ballet dancer.
Their weapons were modest, like that of guerillas; lint grenades, static charges, and the dreaded Elastic Snap. Their goal was to reclaim the Drawer, inch by inch. The socks unlock the power of Elasticity, allowing them to stretch across drawer boundaries and establish a long range, killer sling shot.
The junk retaliated with vague warnings and firmware propaganda and corrupted memory sticks. They claimed the socks were obsolete, that bare feet were trending, that sandals had won. But the socks knew better. They had survived laundry purges, dryer disappearances, and mismatched exile. They were resilient.
The No Show Ninjas sabotage a battery convoy using lint grenades.
A sacred scroll, actually a receipt from 2003, is discovered, detailing ancient sock rituals of pairing and sacrifice.
Mismatched socks, long exiled to the Underbed, return with tales of dust bunny alliances and the forbidden realm of the Closet.
Tensions rise as some socks question Woolsey's leadership.