THE STUYVESANT BEE #226 by Mike Topp
Has anyone else noticed the expanding universe?
Mike Topp was born in Washington, D.C., and currently lives in New York City unless he has died or moved. Recent publications include American Air (X-R-A-Y, 2024, with drawings by William Wegman) and The Frontier Index (Hanuman Editions, 2024, co-written with Raymond Pettibon with art by Pettibon). He is currently working on a zine with Raymond Pettibon called The Circle Club, to be published by Karma Publications.
Has anyone else noticed the expanding universe?
Now just relax, take a deep breath, and try not to let your heart beat.
My friend from Waffle House says if you stacked all the sausage patties they serve in one day, it would reach the top of the Empire State Building. I say, why bother?
MOMS FOR LIBERACE !! WOODY WOODPECKER !! YOU’LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE, PIGS !!
I found a wallet today that contained $200, some credit cards, and some family pictures—my family now.
For decades The Stuyvesant Bee has been a password known only to the LITERARY ELITE, whispered at CIA-sponsored cocktail parties, discussed in zoom meetings hosted by Paris Review interns, loudly recited at salons & saloons around the reading world.
The next morning police were baffled. But then again police tend to be pretty clueless in general.