see a mother get smacked or a puppy run over, words float in front. Perhaps, "tragic," perhaps, "traumatizing," perhaps, "funny," because imagination can be an uncaring bitch sometimes too. & The writers are there, picking & choosing their words as they are splattered in front of their lives, carrying them along over their shoulders until they feel they've collected enough & they settle back into their seats & begin everything again. Stroke. Stroke. Stroke. Dot. Dot. Stroke. Pause. Think. Stare...
12.28.2007
I've Yet to Catch the Title Words...
Stroke. Dot. Pause. Think. Stare. Off. Into space. Words float through the air & they all hover & wait for the ones they want to appear. When they catch sight of them, they glide towards them with their large butterfly nets & scoop them up. Some only grab at the words nearest to them, but others spend hours soaring after the perfect turn of phrase. There's a black-drop, star-soaked sky, projecting home movies from their pasts for inspiration all around. So as you
see a mother get smacked or a puppy run over, words float in front. Perhaps, "tragic," perhaps, "traumatizing," perhaps, "funny," because imagination can be an uncaring bitch sometimes too. & The writers are there, picking & choosing their words as they are splattered in front of their lives, carrying them along over their shoulders until they feel they've collected enough & they settle back into their seats & begin everything again. Stroke. Stroke. Stroke. Dot. Dot. Stroke. Pause. Think. Stare...
see a mother get smacked or a puppy run over, words float in front. Perhaps, "tragic," perhaps, "traumatizing," perhaps, "funny," because imagination can be an uncaring bitch sometimes too. & The writers are there, picking & choosing their words as they are splattered in front of their lives, carrying them along over their shoulders until they feel they've collected enough & they settle back into their seats & begin everything again. Stroke. Stroke. Stroke. Dot. Dot. Stroke. Pause. Think. Stare...
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