Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: 10/29/04: The difference between city and country is that in the city they kill mosquito larvae before they grow.

Glenn Chamberlain, "Country Road" (ca 1934) — Glenn Chamberlain, *Country Road* (ca 1934)

October 29, 2004:

The difference between city and country is that in the city they kill mosquito larvae before they grow. With motor oil, slicked atop stagnant runoff. In the country the mosquitos grow to full size to avenge their dead urban cousins.