The eggnog was thick and heavy like whipped cream
or marshmellow mixed with custard and rum.
A man in a tan suit reached out
and put his hand on a transparent
pink glass heart on the Christmas tree.

"It's an FX-70000," said one of the men
in tan suits. He pulled a long thin calculator
out of his pocket. The other two men leaned
over the calculator while he pushed some buttons.
Small gray graphs appeared on the calculator's
tiny green screen.





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Uncle Roger File 3: Terminals by Judy Malloy
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