On the walk home last night, in front of Stella Maris, one empty Corona Light bottle with two wedges of lemon inside; I always thought it was supposed to be a lime wedge, but perhaps the Light version calls for two lemon wedges. Also, one soggy New York State Lottery “$500 a Week for LIFE” ticket that managed two LIFE’s, but not the third needed to realize the dream.
On Genesee Street, one crushed blue plastic jug that once held Super Tech antifreeze. Not just High Tech antifreeze, but Rick James-style Super Tech antifreeze. Outside the Byrne Dairy, one $1 Beginner’s Luck New York State Lottery ticket that came with no luck, and one $2 Super 7s scratch-off that was not super, much less Rick James super freaky.
One empty Amp energy drink can; one empty Food Club Creme Soda can; at the high school, one empty pack of Sonoma cigarettes — one puff and you’re in wine country; one plastic bag of snap fasteners; two once-soggy now-frozen copies of the Auburn Citizen in dirty royal blue bags; one woven belt with no buckle; one full and frozen can of Mug Root Beer.
One empty tin of Copenhagen snuff, green against the snow.
On the sidewalk on East Street, a crumpled receipt that tells us Quoc N. Pham used his MasterCard to buy a pack of Camel Menthols, a Mountain Dew Amp (16 ounces) and $30 worth of gas at 2:19 p.m. on January 14th at the Nice N Easy on East Taft Road in East Syracuse. Donna was the cashier for this transaction, and she verified his ID before parting with the Camels.
One empty P&C half-gallon milk jug in the middle of Jordan Street, and one round New York State Trooper refrigerator magnet.
On the way to work: two Glaceau Vitamin Water bottles; one Mountain Dew Live Wire bottle; one Dasani water bottle; one Pepsi can; one bag of dog poop carefully wrapped and then dropped; one pencil with added eraser. And while I’m on the subject of litter, this morning there were rolled newspapers in royal blue plastic bags on lawns, sidewalks, driveways, one in the middle of East Lake Street — everywhere but on a doorstep. This is not a delivery boy who’s destined for the NFL.
On the way home, one crushed can of SoBe Adrenaline Rush with two lizards sniffing hello; one crushed Budweiser NASCAR can celebrating #8; one Marriott room key card.
You might want to know this about Adrenaline Rush, from Subway’s Russian website menu: “Russia #1 energetic beverage. Provides strong and fast organism ‘charging.’ Has a bright flavor without typical for other energetic beverages ‘medicine after taste.’ “
One crumpled IZZE Sparkling Blackberry can from Boulder, Colorado, 70% juice for a healthier lifestyle; one SoBe Life Water (Kiwi Strawberry) plastic bottle; one Bic Round Stic Grip pen; three feet of green nylon rope.
Thank you, Skaneateles: bottles that once held Amstel (1), Corona (1), Bud Light (3) and one without a label; cans that held Coke, Labatt’s Blue, Labatt’s Blue Light; three water bottles, two generic and one Dasani; a white paper plate; a purple party hat; a long red sock; several plastic bags, one from Target, one from the P&C; one black plastic food tray; one white plastic cup lid; one Polar Diet Tonic Water bottle (how many calories can there be in regular tonic water?); one Fastrac coffee mug that was so fast it got away; one crushed blue pen.
