Newsflash!

A radiation leak has been blamed
by scientists in New Orleans,
for a recent swarm of tourists
falling ill, developing mutations
of the limbs, loss of recall,
abnormalities of the skin and most
bizarre of all, around each victim,
a neon green glow...

...which weather experts are linking
to a low lying verdigris (or should that
be verdi-GRIS-GRIS, Bob?) cloud
sighted repeatedly recently
in the French Quarter of the city.
Professor Midas Hitch of the
Louisiana Meteorological Institute says:
"It's most likely a mixture of
the tropical climate, phosphorous
cafe lighting, and..."

ALIENS! We been coming here
every year, me and Molly, and only
time I recall seeing anything like this
was that one time back in Houston when Tom, from
next door, disappeared one night
and popped up next day
all scratched up and baffled
and smelling of something that'd strip
your bones. Truly,
we are not alone. Fact, if you...

...ask me, it's the Feu-Fo-Lay,
the trickster. Course,
them science types'll tell y'all
it's chemicals, or there's some
rational cause for this craziness,
but explain this. An arm
don't vanish in a mugging,
and fog don't steal your memory.
Ain't no nuclear zap that can make you
glow like a Roman candle
and leave you alive.
He's back.