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The Topic of the Day is: Monday, April 09, 2007 | |
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After Life There is a dead man in the aisle of the supermarket. He is looking at some pencils. He is shopping, his cart has toilet paper, two boxes of Raisin Bran, a package of hamburgers, things he should not need now. What is the impulse that stirred him up this morning? No one notices that he is half of Jesus, the part of the world that died and kept walking. What was his sacrifice? When he is home, his friends call him: "Hey Sam," they warble into the phone. "What's up, Sam?" He can only answer, "Garr," like some bad zombie movie extra. "Garr yourself, Sam." They come over. They do not seem to notice the scent of his death; that gamey, ripe reek of things in decay. They take food from his fridge, the hard boiled eggs, the loaf of bread, the beer--they take without looking, they bolt the food down quickly, something stolen by a child. They raid his closet, they borrow his t-shirts and never remember to return them. He watches TV and pretends not to see them. When he goes to the beach, the sun does not turn his body into the bronze idol. It raises the bloating, fetid stench of him for miles. Swimsuit-clad, oil-slathered mothers rub under their noses, politely trying to not notice. Their fat children with dripping ice cream cones pinch their noses and declare, "Eww!" until berated. No one will quite dare to meet his eyes. Now he is at the supermarket, he is pushing a shopping cart and turning a corner, putting the foods he used to eat into his cart, buying mayonnaise, buying candy bars, buying those things that are the habit of living, trying to make up to himself everything that he has lost. Labels: A Poem A Day |
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***Tbook1 (Time and Chaos, needs a new name, needs to be edited) ***Book of Sun (Just needs to be edited. Tis a Nano novel) ***Book of Whispers part 1 (Does not jive at all with part 2; needs to be rewritten to fit and to have less suckage) ***Book of Whispers part 2 (Needs some rehaul editing, needs some loose ends tied up, needs to fit) ***Book of Whispers part 3 (Needs to be finished... then needs to die o.o Not sure if I need a third part in the series) ***Dium's Story (Needs a point, progress, anything... needs to be integrated into Tbook1, since that is what it is a part of, mainly) ***Trio Story with Jackie and Louise (Maybe we should get together and work on this, guys) ***Demon Story (This is working out pretty good so far. I like the plot, it's a bit convoluted, and the characters are interesting) ***New Witch Story (It's only 30 pages long, dang) ***Dragon's Voices (This has SO much potential! wee!) | |
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1 Comments:
I like this, especially:
"He can only answer, "Garr," like some bad zombie movie extra.
"Garr yourself, Sam.""
Also, let me know when next me and you will be at the same event and I will bring your chocolate bread. :)
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