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Attention Giant Rats: Gaze At The Grisly Fate That Awaits Ye
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Christopher Robbins
Published Aug 31, 2015
Modified Aug 31, 2015
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BARUCH HOUSES, LOWER EAST SIDE—PLEASED TO ADVISE THAT I HAVE KILLED THE BASTARDS & STRUNG THEM UP FOR THEIR COMRADES TO SEE STOP
SKIN CRAWLED & ARMS GREW TIRED HOISTING THEM UP SCAFFOLDING BUT WAR ON RATS IS GRIM BUSINESS STOP
TELL MAYOR BLAZ EXCESS OF $3 MM NECESSARY FOR FULL ERADICATION STOP
TELL FAMILY I LOVE THEM VERY MUCH STOP
YOUR HUMBLE ANONYMOUS MUTANT RAT SLAYER
[h/t Bowery Boogie]
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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