Secrets of Goth Mountain

by Gary J. Davies

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  On the road below the Goth land, Artistic License protesters carried a long, massive iron logging chain, accompanied by several colorful support busses, vans, trucks, and SUVs. Paintings, sculptures, and other forms of art outlandishly decorated all of the vehicles. Instead of confronting arriving reinforcements, the departing protest group was overtaken from behind by dozens of frightened fleeing loggers, police, and national guardsmen, many of them injured.

  “We’ll reverse course again,” said a surprised Janet Logan. “Break out the first aid gear for these poor bastards. It looks like they have lost the war and there have been some casualties.” Arriving TV news cameras documented the resulting unlikely scene, as scores of police, guardsmen and loggers suffering from numerous insect bits and other minor injuries were given much appreciated first aid by Artistic License protesters.