Lost Journals

I was standing on a corner watching a store burn. It was a small independent toy store. I'm not sure how it caught on fire - maybe Barbie shoved Ken into an Easy Bake Oven - nonetheless, there it was. The small brick building with a huge glass front set alight.

I can't help but imagine the teddy bears crying and screaming; Tickle Me Elmos shaking in nervous fits of laughter; Scooby-do figurines hollering "Zoinks!"

Who would set a fire in a toy store? Maybe the owner just couldn't sell another Beenie Baby and doused them all with gasoline. Maybe he couldn't pay for the last shipment of Harry Potter toys and needed the insurance money.