Peter Scott Kowalke

Former editor of the poetry syndicate Spiral Chambers, Peter (repsisk@aol.com) is the founder of PSK Publishing and editor of Nation magazine (not "The Nation" or "Industrial Nation," nor "Improvijazation Nation"). Author of a chapbook "Diaries: Emotions of a Twin Polar

All the Journal That is Fit to Print

by Peter Scott Kowalke

February 1, 1998. 032/333. Week 5.

Shot and killed by deer wearing hunter’s mask. House burned, authorities

dismayed. Made evening news, but only five o’clock edition; cut in favor of

expanded sports coverage.

February 2, 1998. 033/332.

Brother’s birthday. Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes recalled after discovering deadly

poison in frosting. Toledo zoo bombed by Kuwaitee guerrillas. Kuwaitee

government denies involvement. No animals located since bombing.

February 3, 1998. 034/331.

National Geographic changes layout; borders now red, not yellow. "Planet of

the Apes" re-released in theaters. Presidential pets kidnapped. National

Geographic Society sued by Time/Warner.

February 4, 1998. 035/330.

Beef shortage in United States. Churchill, Canada, held hostage by polar

bears. Passenger Pigeon nest discovered. Bell Laboratories vandalized.

February 5, 1998. 036/329.

Resurrected as New England pine tree. Two-hundred dead after Sea World

incident. Reports indicate Toledo zoo bombed by real gorillas based in Kuwait.

Ireland destroyed by nuclear warheads.

February 6, 1998. 037/328.

19th birthday; still blowing in wind. United Nations alarmed by worldwide

house-pet disappearance. Animal Liberation Front (ALF) declares demands,

threatens to bomb France. United States highways congested. Thousands of soy

bean farms razed by flocks of kamikaze geese. Beef shortage continues.

February 7, 1998. 038/327.

Irate chickens commandeer public access provider Media One, broadcasting

political manifestos in Mentor. Polar bear massacre in Churchill, Canada; town

set ablaze. Poughkeepsie, New York, overrun by muskrats; National Guard

repulsed by whooping cranes. France decimated by nuclear warheads. Germany

celebrates.

February 8, 1998. 039/326. Week 6.

Yarn Kitty Wiskers Kowalke II joins local animal militia. Newsweek spotlights

ALF leader, Mittens. National ban on house pets. Australia overrun by fire

ants. Russian nuclear warheads explode in Kuwait.

February 9, 1998. 040/325.

Chopped into firewood by agitated beaver. Worldwide food shortage. United

Nations mandate requires all house pets summarily executed. Russia ousted from

Security Council. Tony the Tiger restructures Kellogg’s.

February 10, 1998. 041/324.

Scientist discovers extinct animal population underground. Nationwide school

closings. Gary Larson dead. Raid sales unable to match demand. Resurrected

again.