Author: Tracey Starin

Tracey Starin is a writer and storyteller from Queens, New York. She can be heard on RISK! podcast Best of #17 episode, and seen on Queens Theatre’s Queens Storytellers series on YouTube. She has performed on stages all over New York, and online all over the country. Tracey is the creator and host of Dead Rock Stars, and Riding the. Rail storytelling shows at QED in Astoria, Queens.

We have had enough. This was the last straw (literally, people, please, no more straws – I have cousins in the Pacific Ocean who are exhausted from dodging straws all day). I speak on behalf of a few special interest groups: F.R.O.G. (Friendly Reptiles of Georgetown), an NGO working for the betterment of the cold-blooded community, and S.H.E.L.L. (Stop Hatred of Every Leathery Life), a grassroots organization dedicated to a greater understanding of the reptilian and amphibian lifestyle.  Since the dawn of man, we have endured all your slings and arrows. Reptiles are used as metaphors for the darkest parts…

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