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Squad

(3 stories)

I’ve joined a campaign to rename the collective noun for squid.
A shoal is rubbish when it should so obviously be a squad.
A squad of squid is illustrative and alliterative.
I thought of a great placard for the campaign yet ran out of ink.
Ironically.
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#130story

The Goon Squad
Each one of them
Trained hamster ninja
Bob, Jane and Hammy
Dropped behind enemy lines
Till eaten by a passing anaconda

Squad” by PaulPJB, 11 Oct 18

He looked out of the window at the grey October morning. In the background he could hear hushed voices, breaking the night time silence. With a deep sigh he went outside, raised his gun and did his duty as a member of the firing squad. #130story