The Leadership Secrets of Squirrels by Len Boswell

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Thin-lipped and mustachioed, eyes icy blue, the funeral director stares out at me in faux solemnity from the slick brochure, his words a mix of hype and hymn extolling the virtues of a casket featuring finely tooled flame mahogany and bronze, the wood dazzling in a beam of heavenly blue light seemingly provided by a passing angel’s LED flashlight, the metal gleaming, fulsome with filigrees of the flora and fauna of an impossible world. Naturally, it’s a “limited time offer.”